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Lot 292
Sale 785 - Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sep 24, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,000 -
1,500
Lot Description
Two Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottles
EARLY 20TH CENTURY, ONE SIGNED YAN YUTIAN
二十世紀初 玻璃內畫鼻煙壺兩件
each of rounded rectangular form, the first of rounded rectangular form, painted to the front showing a scholar seated in a mountain grove, the reverse with poetic inscriptions, signed Yan Yutian followed by an artist's seal; the second painted on one side showing two birds on rockery in front of flowering plants, the reverse with auspicious symbols, green glass stopper.
each of rounded rectangular form, the first of rounded rectangular form, painted to the front showing a scholar seated in a mountain grove, the reverse with poetic inscriptions, signed Yan Yutian followed by an artist's seal; the second painted on one side showing two birds on rockery in front of flowering plants, the reverse with auspicious symbols, green glass stopper.
Height of taller overall 3 in., 7.6 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois