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Lot Essay
From the Studio years, this is a unique subject for the family workshop of Ye Zhongsan. The distinctive style of painting allows an attribution to his youngest son, Ye Bengqi, who together with his brother Ye Xiaofeng went on to found the Communist Beijing School in the mid-1950's
When this bottle was painted in 1936, camels used as beasts of burden were still a fairly common sight in Beijing. Nonetheless, this is still a rare subject for a snuff bottle. The bottle is cleverly painted with a string of five camels so that one sees the first and last camel on the front.
When this bottle was painted in 1936, camels used as beasts of burden were still a fairly common sight in Beijing. Nonetheless, this is still a rare subject for a snuff bottle. The bottle is cleverly painted with a string of five camels so that one sees the first and last camel on the front.