Lot 203
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[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION] CHINESE INSIDE-PAINTED 'FIGURAL' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
ZHANG BAOTIAN (CA. GUANXU PERIOD), DATED 1894
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
張葆田 1894年 （甲午） 玻璃內畫攜琴訪友與牧童圖鼻煙壺
of compressed form, one side painted with a boy reverse riding a buffalo leisurely playing flute in a paddy field, reverse painted with a scholar accompanied by his boy attendant carrying a wrapped qin in a landscape, dated to Jia Wu year, corresponding to 1894AD, a signature and seal of the artist, with a red stopper
Dimensions
6.2cm high without stopper
Provenance
Private English collection, London; inherited from the artist Lottie Davis, by repute gifted to her by the Office of the Chargé d’Affaires in Beijing in the mid-20th century.
英格蘭私人收藏，倫敦；繼承自藝術家洛蒂・戴維斯（Lottie Davis），據傳其於20世紀中葉由北京大使館贈予。
Footnote
Zhang Baotian, who was active during the Guangxu period, was also a renowned master of the Beijing school of inside-painted snuff bottles. A comparable glass snuff bottle, inside painted with figures and horses, dated 1899, was sold at Bonhams New York, 19 September 2022, lot 166. Another painted with a figure in shanshui landscape, dated 1892, sold at Christie's New York, 21 Mar 2002, lot 79.