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LOT 2164
Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle, Signed Zhou Leyuan
DATED 1924 A.D.
3 3/4 in. (97.9 grams, 95 mm high).
Painted interior with flowers and fruits to one face and a landscape scene depicting cattle to the other; inscriptions to both faces; pink cabochon to lid.
ProvenanceProperty of a lady, from her grandfather's collection, 1960s-1970s; thence by decent.
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Finely modelled.
Acquired 1990s-2000. Ex D.N. collection. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence test certificate no.C122f60 issued by Oxford Authentication. Accompanied by a thermoluminescence test certificate no.CJ10255222022 issued by Laboratory Kotalla. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11249-189440.