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SIGNED ZHU ZHANYUAN, AND DATED TO THE DINGYOU YEAR (1897)
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A RARE INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL DOUBLE SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHU ZHANYUAN, AND DATED TO THE DINGYOU YEAR (1897)
The two joined bottles are of rectangular section: one bottle is decorated with a boy seated on a hill flying a kite, the reverse with two crossed pine trees with mountains in the distance; the other bottle with an underwater scene containing fish and water plants and an inscription with the cyclical date dingyou, the artist's signature, and an illegible seal, the reverse with a blossoming lotus and one small fish.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, glass stoppers
SIGNED ZHU ZHANYUAN, AND DATED TO THE DINGYOU YEAR (1897)
The two joined bottles are of rectangular section: one bottle is decorated with a boy seated on a hill flying a kite, the reverse with two crossed pine trees with mountains in the distance; the other bottle with an underwater scene containing fish and water plants and an inscription with the cyclical date dingyou, the artist's signature, and an illegible seal, the reverse with a blossoming lotus and one small fish.
2 in. (5.1 cm.) high, glass stoppers
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2010.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5026.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5026.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Brought to you by
Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
Senior Specialist, VP