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AN INTERIOR PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE by TANG ZICHUAN
Signed Tang Zichuan, Qing Dynasty (worked circa 1892 - 1896)
The bottle is finely painted inside with black, blue, white and brown pigments, depicting on one side a man riding a horse and on the other side two men playing a game of Weiqi. The bottle is signed on the top left 'Tang Zichuan' in black ink.
Tang Zichuan only painted interior bottles for four years between 1892 and 1896.
H: 2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) excluding stopper
Condition: very good, with a minute frit to the mouth
Ref. SB365
US$1,900
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