Lot Essay
For a later version of the same subject in the Los Angeles County Museum, see B. Stevens, The Collector's Book of Snuff Bottles, New York, 1976, no. 902.
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SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED THIRD MONTH, BINGCHEN YEAR, (1916), WITH ONE SEAL: YIN; BOTTLE, 1770-1860.
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL BOTTLE
Signed Ye Zhongsan, dated third month, bingchen year, (1916), with one seal: Yin; bottle, 1770-1860.
Of circular shape, finely painted with a scene depicting the return of Huang Chengyan to the hut of Zhuge Liang, the reverse with Liu Bei on muleback, the bottle lightly carved on one side with a spray of bamboo, and mask and fixed-ring handles on the sides, stopper
2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high
Signed Ye Zhongsan, dated third month, bingchen year, (1916), with one seal: Yin; bottle, 1770-1860.
Of circular shape, finely painted with a scene depicting the return of Huang Chengyan to the hut of Zhuge Liang, the reverse with Liu Bei on muleback, the bottle lightly carved on one side with a spray of bamboo, and mask and fixed-ring handles on the sides, stopper
2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high
Provenance
Rev. T. Lawrason Riggs Collection.
Yale University.
Chait Gallery, New York.
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired in 1945.
Yale University.
Chait Gallery, New York.
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired in 1945.