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SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT GROVE STUDIO, DATED JIAZI YEAR (1924)
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT GROVE STUDIO, DATED JIAZI YEAR (1924)
The bottle is decorated with a continuous scene of Zhong Kui, The Demon Queller, and his demon attendants taking his sister to be married as she rides in a wheeled chair, and an inscription incorporating a cyclical date, jiazi, corresponding to 1924, followed by the signature and seal of the artist.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, APRICOT GROVE STUDIO, DATED JIAZI YEAR (1924)
The bottle is decorated with a continuous scene of Zhong Kui, The Demon Queller, and his demon attendants taking his sister to be married as she rides in a wheeled chair, and an inscription incorporating a cyclical date, jiazi, corresponding to 1924, followed by the signature and seal of the artist.
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2008.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4814.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4814.
Literature
R. Hall, Boston Snuff Party, Chinese Snuff Bottles XII, London, 2008, no. 80.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.