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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
723
A SHADOW AGATE ‘BOATMAN’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
Flattened form, tapering to the foot, with a flat foot rim, one faced
carved to reveal the natural inclusions in the stone resembling a
boatman passing a distant mountain.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

$3,000 - 5,000

1750-1850年 瑪瑙巧雕船夫紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.
Sotheby’s, New York, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, 12 October 1993,
lot 160

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
724
A SHADOW AGATE ‘MONKEY’ SNUFF BOTTLE
1750-1850
Of compressed form with a slightly concave lip and supported by
a flat, oval foot rim, carved with a continuous scene of a monkey
perched on a rock holding a peach on one face, reversed by a monkey
riding a horse.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

1750-1850年 瑪瑙雕仙猴紋鼻煙壺

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

724 (two views)

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A PARKER JR.
725
AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Ye Zhongsan, 1897
Of upright form with a flat lip and supported by an oval foot rim, one
side of the interior painted with a cat and butterfly adjacent to a garden
rock and peony, reversed by lotus and goldfish, inscribed with a date
of dingyou (1897) and signed Ye Zhongsan, with a painted seal.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

丁酉年（1897年）葉仲三作玻璃內畫金玉耄耋圖鼻煙壺

款識
丁酉桃月寫於都門葉仲三

Provenance:
William A Parker Jr.

725 (two views)
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