ID 718433
Lot 874 | AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Estimate value
$ 4 000 – 6 000
SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED TO THE SUMMER OF THE XINMAO YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1891
The bottle is decorated with a continuous scene of goldfish swimming in a pond with delicately colored grassy rock formations, one side with an inscription including the date and the seal of the artist, the reverse with a grasshopper perched on a rock peering down on the scene.
2 5⁄8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, coral stopper
Provenance
Max Chitter Collection.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.
Literature
JICSBS, Autumn 1993, J.W.A. International flyer, no. 31.
R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World - The Rachelle R. Holden Collection, A Personal Commentary, New York, 1994, pp. 188-189, no. 81.
Exhibited
New York, Waldorf Astoria Hotel, 25th Anniversary Convention of the ICSBS, 13-17 October 1993.
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
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| Category: | Scent bottle |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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