TWO FINELY INSIDE PAINTED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLES BY YE ZHONGSAN (1875-1945)

Estimated Value:

1.800 € - 2.500 €

Schätzpreis:

1.800 €

Description:

China, signed, seals, late Qing dynasty
H. 6 (6,5) und 5,2 (6,4) cm
Flattened cylindrical form with flat lip, the interior of the translucent greyish stone painted with a continous design of a cowherd and a fisherman in a landscape, inscribed Ye Zhongsan, with one seal of the artist and finely painted inside with fishes, signature in the upper part.
Collection Ago von Maltzan (1877 - 1927) and his wife, collected in Beijing between 1912 and 1916, by descent to a family member
Few tiny chips

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