Lot Essay
This is a unique subject for Ye Zhongsan, which he did not seem to have repeated many times, unlike most of his other subjects.
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SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED YISI YEAR (1905)
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED YISI YEAR (1905)
The bottle is inside painted with three equestrian hunters in a continuous winter landscape, one archer following a stag with an arrow in its rump, another brandishing a forked spear below an inscription which may be read, "painted in the sixth month of the yisi year (1905) by Ye Zhongsan," followed by a red seal. A natural flaw in the stone on one side may represent a cave in a large rock.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high, glass stopper
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED YISI YEAR (1905)
The bottle is inside painted with three equestrian hunters in a continuous winter landscape, one archer following a stag with an arrow in its rump, another brandishing a forked spear below an inscription which may be read, "painted in the sixth month of the yisi year (1905) by Ye Zhongsan," followed by a red seal. A natural flaw in the stone on one side may represent a cave in a large rock.
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
The SB Collection, no. 152.
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5271.
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5271.
Literature
R. Hall, The SB Collection, Chinese Snuff Bottles IV, London, 2011, pp. 50-1, no. 152.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Sale room notice
Please note that the estimate for this lot is $1,000-2,000.