Lot Essay
Grasshoppers on grassy mounds above fish ponds were among Zhou Leyuan's favourite motifs and occur repeatedly, cf. the related bottle sold in our Hong Kong Rooms on November 1, 1994, lot 1350
VARIOUS PROPERTIES
AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN AND DATED AUTUMN OF XINMAO YEAR (1891)
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
signed zhou leyuan and dated autumn of xinmao year (1891)
Painted with a continuous scene of grassy mounds with a goldfish pond and a grasshopper beside a dragonfly, stopper
signed zhou leyuan and dated autumn of xinmao year (1891)
Painted with a continuous scene of grassy mounds with a goldfish pond and a grasshopper beside a dragonfly, stopper