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SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE WUZI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1948
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE WUZI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1948
The snuff bottle is painted to the inside with a continuous mountainous scene of two figures on horseback hunting geese with a bow and arrow, accompanied by their attendants. There is a calligraphic inscription to one side with the artist's signature and one seal.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED TO THE WUZI YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1948
The snuff bottle is painted to the inside with a continuous mountainous scene of two figures on horseback hunting geese with a bow and arrow, accompanied by their attendants. There is a calligraphic inscription to one side with the artist's signature and one seal.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Provenance
The Julia Shackelford Hunter Collection of snuff bottles, acquired 1948-1949.
Special notice
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