Lot 234
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AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE

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AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHOU SHAOYUAN AND WITH CYCLICAL DATE GUIMAO, CORRESPONDING TO 1903

Of rounded rectangular shape, painted on one side with four figures around a pine tree near a small building below an inscription, and on the other with vases and jardinieres of grasses, lingzhi and prunus near mossy Taihe rockwork below a further inscription signed Zi Heng and dedicated to Fu Ting, stopper

Lot Essay

Zhou Shaoyuan is presumably the art name of Zi Heng

The painting of archaic vessels around Taihe rockwork was a common one amongst painters of bottles and particularly liked by Zhou Leyuan, regarded as the founder of the Beijing School of artists (1882-1912)