15 free≤an’s fine & decorative asian arts
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62 Fine Chinese interior painted glass snuff bottle dated april 1920 Tall baluster form, well painted to show ducks and female attendants in sampans, brown tone glass stopper. Bottle H: 2 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Gentleman Acquired at auction in the 1970s $400-600 63 Three Chinese inside painted snuff bottles, signed Jing Shi and Wen Qing dated 1922 and other Comprising a large brown glass bottle with carved handles and painted to depict a landscape with figures and a fisherman with boy (Jing Shi); a smaller crystal bottle with carved handles painted to show a mountain landscape and a grasshopper(Wen Qing-1922); and a brown glass bottle depicting a mountain village and a still life. H of largest: 3 in. provenance: Private Florida Collection $800-1,200
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64 Two Chinese inside-painted crystal or glass snuff bottles, both signed Ye Zhong San dated 1923 and 1926 The two flattened bottles painted and inscribed to interior by same artist with dynastic figures -adults on taller bottle, children on the smaller- engaged in leisurely activity. H of tallest: 3 in. provenance: Private Florida Collection $800-1,200 65 Unusual Chinese inside painted glass and simulated lacquer overlay snuff bottle The tall cylindrical bottle painted to interior with birds among flowering branches and adorned to surface with carved red lacquer. H: 3 3/4 in. provenance: Private Florida Collection $500-800 66 Chinese inside painted and carved crystal snuff bottle Dated 1970 The rounded rectangular bottle carved in relief to face with a crane under a pine tree and painted to interior with identical image and image of three pandas in a bamboo grove verso. H: 3 1/4 in. $1,500-2,000
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67 Good Chinese Imperial yellow translucent glass faceted snuff bottle 18th century, probably imperial glassworks Cylindrical neck over wide mouth surmounting flared faceted body, old wood stopper. H: 2 1/2 in. provenance: Property of a Philadelphia Gentleman For a similar yellow glass (rich eggyolk) tone snuff bottle attributed to Imperial workshop see Christies sale 2166 lot 803, HK 2004 $500-800 68 Chinese overlay glass snuff bottle qing dynasty The diminutive ovoid milky glass bottle overlaid with roses in four translucent colors. H: 2 in. provenance: Private Florida Collection $500-800
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69 Two Chinese glass overlay snuff bottles Comprising a rounded milk glass bottle with blue overlay archaic censers and a similar milk glass bottle with a red overlay archaic design. H of largest: 3 in. provenance: Private Florida Collection $500-800 70 Chinese carved glass miniature snuff bottle The diminutive pink glass bottle carved to resemble a lotus blossom and overlaid with a green glass lotus leaf. H: 1 1/2 in $400-600 71 Chinese overlay glass snuff bottle 19th/20th century The bubble glass bottle decorated with overlay purple bats, coins and mask handles. H: 3 1/4 in. $400-600