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Ding Erzhong is the sobriquet of Ding Shangyu, Details
a Qing dynasty scholar official from Tongzhou in
Jiangsu Province, who was also a calligrapher, seal 11 Two views
carver, painter and master of inside-painted snuff Detail
bottles. Compare an inside-painted snuff bottle by
Ding Erzhong, formerly in the Mary and George Bloch 12 Two views
Collection, featuring a related scene of rockworks
and auspicious objects on one side and a landscape
scene on the reverse, also dated by inscription to
bingshen year corresponding to 1896, illustrated by
H.Moss, V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary and George Bloch
Collection. Vol.4. Part 1. Inside Painted, Hong Kong,
2000, pp.280-282, no.542, later sold in these
rooms, Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George
Bloch Collection: Part II, 23 November 2010, lot 54.

丁二仲，原名丁尚庾，為晚清著名的藝術家，不但
對內畫鼻煙壺藝術精通，而且在金石、篆刻及竹雕
等領域有很高的造詣。其內畫鼻煙壺作品以山水、
人物、花鳥為主，多仿宋、元、明、清之畫風，部
份作品也受周樂元影響。參考例子可見瑪麗及莊智
博鼻煙壺舊藏一件作於丙申年（1896年）的內畫風
景鼻煙壺，著錄於H.Moss，V.Graham及K.B.Tsang，
《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles. The Mary
and George Bloch Collection. Vol.4. Part 1. Inside
Painted》，香港，2000年，頁280至282，編號542
，後拍賣於香港邦瀚斯，《瑪麗及莊智博鼻煙壺：
第二部份》，2010年11月23日，拍品54。

12 Y Ф
AN INSIDE-PAINTED AMBER SNUFF BOTTLE
Signed Ye Zhongsan, cyclically dated bingshen year
corresponding to 1896
Well painted on one side with a boy riding a water
buffalo crossing a shallow stream, the reverse with
plants in vases by rockwork beside a series of dated
kaishu inscriptions followed by the signature of the
artist, with stopper. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high (2).

HK$60,000 - 80,000
US$7,700 - 10,000

1896年 葉仲三 琥珀內畫牧童騎牛圖鼻煙壺

Provenance 來源:
According to the family, acquired by Hans Goldstein
probably between 1948-1981 and thence by
descent

據說此拍品由Hans Goldstein或於1948-1981年間購
得，並由家族繼承

Ye Zhongsan (active circa 1892-1943), was born
in Beijing in 1869. As demonstrated in the present
lot, he was influenced by the Zhou Leyuan Beijing
school of painting. Compare two related inside-
painted amber snuff bottles by Ye Zhongsan,
decorated with rockwork and auspicious objects
in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, one
dated by inscription to the 18th year of Guangxu,
corresponding to 1892, illustrated in Lifting the Spirit
and Body: The Art and Culture of Snuff Bottles,
Shanghai, 2012, pp.264-265, no.IV-057.

葉仲三1869年生於北京，活躍於1892至1943年，
為著名的內畫壺高手，其畫風受周樂元影響。參考
一對清光緒十八年葉仲三作琥珀內繪歲朝圖鼻煙
壺，現藏於國立故宮博物院，見《通嚏輕揚：鼻煙
壺文化特展》，上海，2012年，頁264至265，編
號IV-057。