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LOT 2350
Chinese Painted Glass Snuff Bottle Signed Zhou Leyuan
DATED 1924 A.D.
3 3/4 in. (100 grams, 95 mm).
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. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx property of a lady, from her grandfather's collection, 1960s-1970s; thence by decent.
From the private collection of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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