AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE
SIGNED DING, SEAL OF DING ERZHONG AND DATED GUANGXU RENYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1902

Of rounded rectangular shape, unusually painted on one side with a group of children supporting a gigantic peach, three of the children holding banners and a lantern, also with a single dated inscription and the seals Ding and Erzhong, the other side painted with the more usual rockwork, vessels and flowers below a lengthy five-line vertical inscription, including the date and seals of the artist, minute mouth nibbles 2½in. (6.4cm.) high, stopper

Lot Essay

For a crystal bottle by the same artist dated to 1905, also painted on one side with the unusual scene of children supporting a gigantic peach, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art Of The Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. II, New York & Tokyo, 1993, no. 418, pp. 684-685