SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED XINMAO YEAR (1891)

Details

AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED XINMAO YEAR (1891)
One side is decorated with a wind-swept river scene with a man riding a water buffalo, with an inscription at the top left indicating this is a gift to a brotherly friend Shaolai, followed by a cyclical date xinmao, and the artist's signature, the reverse with a crane perched on a rocky bank beneath a pine branch above blossoming peony and lingzhi fungus.
2 ½ in. (6.4 cm.) high, glass stopper

Provenance

Robert Kleiner, Belfont Company Ltd., Hong Kong, 1996.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2272.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

Zhou Leyuan, the founder of the popular Beijing school of painting, was active between 1879 and 1893. Every artist of the first phase of the school owed a considerable debt to Zhou, and most began their careers by copying his style and signing his name; some even appear to have devoted most of their careers to producing copies of his work. For a bottle by Zhou Leyuan with a similar river scene, see the Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Part II, Christie's New York, 16 March 2016, lot 407.

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