A Large Inside-Painted Amber Bottle

SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN AND DATED GENG SHEN YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1920

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A Large Inside-Painted Amber Bottle
Signed Ye Zhongsan and dated geng shen year corresponding to 1920
Of rounded square shape with lion-mask fixed-ring handles on the narrow sides, painted in a continuous scene with four warriors on horseback fighting in a hilly landscape, stopper
26in. (6.2cm.) high

Lot Essay

The bottle depicts scenes from San guo yan yi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

One side depicts the warriors Li Cui and Guo Si in combat, the other the bearded general Wang Zhun pursuing the Han army

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