Lot 679
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TWO INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES AND A FAMILLE ROSE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
TWO INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES AND A FAMILLE ROSE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
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TWO INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES AND A FAMILLE ROSE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

THE BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED WINTER OF YIYOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1945THE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE SHUYING, DATED WINTER OF RENZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1972THE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)

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TWO INSIDE-PAINTED SNUFF BOTTLES AND A FAMILLE ROSE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
THE BLUE GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED WINTER OF YIYOU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1945
THE AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE, SIGNED YE SHUYING, DATED WINTER OF RENZI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1972
THE AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The blue glass snuff bottle is of angular form and is painted with a camel and a zebra, it is dated and signed by the artist with one seal. The agate snuff bottle is painted with a bird on a branch and a pair of pomegranates, it is dated and signed by the artist with one seal. The amber glass snuff bottle is decorated with butterflies in flight amongst scattered peonies and prunus.
The largest 2 ¾ in. (6.7 cm.) high
Provenance
The blue glass snuff bottle: Bonhams Knightsbridge, 7 November 2011, Lot 175 (one of four).
The agate snuff bottle: Bonhams
The amber glass snuff bottle: With Robert Kleiner, London.
Property of an important private Asian collector.
Literature
The amber glass snuff bottle: K.H. Yeo, The Master Enameller, Hong Kong: 2011, p. 66-67, no. 8.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve. These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 20%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. Where applicable Customs duty will be charged (per rate specified by HMRC guidance) on the Hammer price and VAT will be payable at 20% on duty. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.

Lot Essay

For other inside-painted snuff bottles showing exotic animals painted by members of the Ye family, see JICSBS, Spring 1984, p. 66, fig. 188; Autumn 1984, p. 82, fig. 240; and Spring 1985, p. 99, fig. 255. All three, like the present bottle, are signed as if they were by Ye Zhongsan, but they are more likely to have been painted by Ye Xiaofeng in the family workshop.

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