An inside-painted agate snuff bottle
Attributed to the Ye Studio
Of translucent caramel brown hue and rectangular profile with a wide, concave rim to the cylindrical neck and rounded shoulders above mock animal head and ring handles, the interior painted with four figures standing around a tree on one side and reversed by two ladies on horseback riding past three figures; the bottle unsigned and finished with an oval foot ring.
2 1/2in (6.5cm) high
Of translucent caramel brown hue and rectangular profile with a wide, concave rim to the cylindrical neck and rounded shoulders above mock animal head and ring handles, the interior painted with four figures standing around a tree on one side and reversed by two ladies on horseback riding past three figures; the bottle unsigned and finished with an oval foot ring.
2 1/2in (6.5cm) high
Sold for
US$ 2,500
inc. premium
Lot heading
Property from the Norman Stiller Collection, San Francisco
Category: Asian Art
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