SIGNED CHEN ZHONGSAN AND DATED XIU HAI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1921

For another example of this artist's work, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, p. 730, no. 448. The authors note that he began by copying the works of Zhou Leyuan and that "it was not until 1916 that we see a subject which appears to be uniquely his own, a delightful river-side city scene with a multi-arched bridge and a succession of houses nestling amidst hills. Of the more decorative, purely commercial painters, however, he is one of the more amusing and consistent personalities"