AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS 'BOYS' SNUFF BOTTLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL, DATED 1945China. Painted to one side with four boys planting a tree in front of pine and craggy rockwork and to the other with three boys flying kites with a willow and pine in the background.Inscription: Upper left to one side, Yihuchun ('spring in a bottle'), dated winter of yiyou (corresponding to 1945), one seal.Provenance: Collection of Ted Adameck, thence by descent in the same family. Ted Adameck (1924-2019) was a legendary collector of Netsuke, active for many decades, operating two antique shops in Honolulu and writing countless articles and books on the subject as well as many others on Asian art and culture.Condition: Minor wear, small hairline crack to base.Stopper: Metal with inlaid carnelian, malachite, and glassWeight: 89.0 gDimensions: Height including stopper 80 mm. Diameter neck 21 mm and mouth 9 mm内畫嬰戯圖鼻烟壺,1945年 中國。玻璃内畫嬰戯圖,四個孩童在松樹前植樹,另外三個孩童放風箏。 款識:乙酉孟冬,一壺春 來源:Ted Adameck收藏,自此保存在同一家族至今。Ted Adameck (1924-2019) 曾是日本根付傳奇般的收藏家,活躍了幾十年,在檀香山開設了兩家古董店,寫了無數有關該主題的文章和書籍,以及許多其他有關亞洲藝術和文化的文章。品相:輕微磨損,底座有小細裂紋 壺蓋:金屬,鑲嵌紅玉髓、孔雀石與玻璃 重量:89.0 克 尺寸:含蓋總高80 毫米,頸部直徑21 毫米,嘴部直徑9 毫米