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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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