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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED NINTH MONTH, GENGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1890
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED NINTH MONTH, GENGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1890
The bottle is of rounded rectangular form and is well-painted on one side with two figures beneath pine trees in a mountainous landscape, below an inscription, Ruisheng erxiong daren qingwan ('[For the] pure pleasure of your excellency and [my] fraternal friend Ruisheng.') The reverse is painted with fish, and inscribed with a cyclical date, gengyin and a signature, Zhou Leyuan, followed by a seal, Yuan yin.
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, rose quartz stopper
SIGNED ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED NINTH MONTH, GENGYIN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1890
The bottle is of rounded rectangular form and is well-painted on one side with two figures beneath pine trees in a mountainous landscape, below an inscription, Ruisheng erxiong daren qingwan ('[For the] pure pleasure of your excellency and [my] fraternal friend Ruisheng.') The reverse is painted with fish, and inscribed with a cyclical date, gengyin and a signature, Zhou Leyuan, followed by a seal, Yuan yin.
2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high, rose quartz stopper
Provenance
John Paul Rappolt (1913-2003), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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