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SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE AUTUMN OF RENYIN (1902)
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED SMOKEY QUARTZ SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE AUTUMN OF RENYIN (1902)
The bottle is decorated with a continuous winter scene, depicting a scholar followed by his attendant carrying a large double-gourd wine container on one side, and a Manchu equestrian hunter shooting an arrow at a flying goose on the other. The bottle bears an inscription incorporating a cyclical date, renyin (1902), and a signature, Ye Zhongsan.
2 5/8 in (6.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE AUTUMN OF RENYIN (1902)
The bottle is decorated with a continuous winter scene, depicting a scholar followed by his attendant carrying a large double-gourd wine container on one side, and a Manchu equestrian hunter shooting an arrow at a flying goose on the other. The bottle bears an inscription incorporating a cyclical date, renyin (1902), and a signature, Ye Zhongsan.
2 5/8 in (6.7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 3 February 1981, lot 146.
The Guo'an Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles; Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 30 October 2000, lot 684.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3556.
The Guo'an Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles; Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 30 October 2000, lot 684.
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong, 2002.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 3556.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.