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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle Ye Zhongsan, 1911 image 1
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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7183

An inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Ye Zhongsan, 1911

Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings
23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle

Ye Zhongsan, 1911
Of rounded square form with a straight neck, flat lip, splayed oval foot ring, the interior painted in soft-hued colors with two episodic scenes titled Xihu Zhu and Huang Ying from Liaozhai Zhiyi, one depicting two female figures in theatrical custumes on horseback, followed by another female holding a spear over her shoulder, with two men looking on through the openings of large pierced rocks, the reverse displaying two men in conversation at garden near a dwelling with a woman enjoying her meal by a table.
2 3/4in (7cm) high

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Provenance:
The Bentley Collection, U.K.
Sotheby's, London, 24 April 1989, lot 133
The Eric Young Collection

Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 68

Liaozhai Zhiyi (Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio) is a collection of nearly 500 mostly supernatural tales written by Pu Songling in classical Chinese during the early Qing Dynasty.

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