Lot 107: AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL 'AUTOGRAPHS' SNUFF BOTTLE YE BENGQI, YE SHUYING, LIU SHOUBEN, DING GUILING, ZHANG YUHUA AND ZHENG XUYE, 1974 |

crystal

8.2 cm., 3 1/4  in.

The bottle has some tiny nibbles to the inner lip and one of the ring handles. There are also some scratches and abrasions to the surface. The inside painting has been very well preserved.
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Robert Kleiner, Boda Yang, and Clarence F. Shangraw, Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of George and Mary Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, 1994, cat. no. 369.
National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, 1994-5.
Christie's London, 1999.

Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 4, Hong Kong, 2000, no. 668. 

Collection of Hugh Moss, 1988 (gift).