203 - [PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION] CHINESE INSIDE-PAINTED 'FIGURAL' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

[PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION] CHINESE INSIDE-PAINTED 'FIGURAL' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE ZHANG BAOTIAN (CA. GUANXU PERIOD), DATED 1894 張葆田 1894年 （甲午） 玻璃內畫攜琴訪友與牧童圖鼻煙壺of compressed form, one side painted with a boy reverse riding a buffalo leisurely playing flute in a paddy field, reverse painted with a scholar accompanied by his boy attendant carrying a wrapped qin in a landscape, dated to Jia Wu year, corresponding to 1894AD, a signature and seal of the artist, with a red stopper 6.2cm high without stopper Private English collection, London; inherited from the artist Lottie Davis, by repute gifted to her by the Office of the Chargé d’Affaires in Beijing in the mid-20th century.英格蘭私人收藏，倫敦；繼承自藝術家洛蒂・戴維斯（Lottie Davis），據傳其於20世紀中葉由北京大使館贈予。 Zhang Baotian, who was active during the Guangxu period, was also a renowned master of the Beijing school of inside-painted snuff bottles. A comparable glass snuff bottle, inside painted with figures and horses, dated 1899, was sold at Bonhams New York, 19 September 2022, lot 166. Another painted with a figure in shanshui landscape, dated 1892, sold at Christie's New York, 21 Mar 2002, lot 79.