Lot 206
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[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION] GROUP OF FIVE CHINESE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
YAN YUTIAN (CA. 1895-1900), DATED 1905 & 1895
Auction: 06 November 2026 from 10:00 GMT
Description
閻玉田 1905年（乙已） 玻璃內畫山水勒馬圖、花鳥博古圖、1895年（乙未） 博古花卉圖、1895年（乙未） 荷花松月圖 及 1895年（乙未） 牧童騎牛臥寐圖鼻煙壺（共五件）
all of compressed form, comprising: one bottle painted with shanshui landscape to one side, the reverse with a horse, dated to Yi Si year, corresponding to 1905AD; one painted with two birds and flowers on one side, reverse with bogu motif; one painted with gold fish to one side, reverse with bogu motif, dated to Yi Wei year, corresponding to 1985AD; one painted with a lotus pond to one side, reverse with pine tree and moon, dated same year as above; and the last painted with prunus on one side, reverse painted with a boy napping on a buffalo, dated same year as above, all with signature of artist, with red and orangie stoppers (5)
Dimensions
largest: 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。