An Inside-Painted Glass Bottle

SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN AND DATED YI WEI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1895

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An Inside-Painted Glass Bottle
Signed Zhou Leyuan and dated yi wei year corresponding to 1895
Of rounded rectangualar shape, painted with insects to one side below the inscription, signature and seal and a variety of fish to the other, a rockwork bridge forming a continuous design to each side, stopper
2in. (6.4cm.) high

Sale room notice

The date Yi Wei corresponds to 1885 not 1895 as printed in the catalogue.

Lot Essay

For another bottle by Zhou Leyuan dated to 1891, but depicting a similar scene, see Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far from the World, New York, 1994, pp. 188-189, no. 81.

For a similar bottle by Ye Zhongsan dated 1897, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, Hong Kong, 1993, vol. II, p. 709, no. 433

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