Lot 203
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AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE

Details
AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE
SIGNED (DING) ERZHONG AND CYCLICAL DATE RENYIN, CORRESPONDING TO 1902

Of rounded rectangular shape, painted with a young man riding a horse in a spring landscape below the signature and date on one side, and on the reverse with rockwork and grasses below an inscription with the title Jiu ru tu, stopper

Lot Essay

The inscription states that the bottle is painted in the style of Nan Tian, followed by two seals of Ding Erzhong. Nan Tian was the art name for Yun Shaoping (1633-1690)

For examples of other bottles by this artist see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, pp. 188-197, figs. 251-263