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180 181 Ding Erzhong (1865-1935) is one of the greatest
An inside-painted glass snuff bottle A rare inside-painted glass ‘horse’ snuff bottle acknowledged artists of snuff bottle painting
Zhang Baotian, cyclically dated renchen year Ding Erzhong, cyclically dated guimao year in the late Qing Dynasty, achieving a reputation
(AD1892) (AD1903) parallel to the masterly Zhou Leyuan (active 1882-
The slender body rising to a cylindrical neck, finely The flattened ovoid bottle delicately painted with 1893). Further to painting on snuff bottles, Ding
painted with a lively cockerel and hen feeding their two elegant steeds in white and black colour, Erzhong was recognised for his skills in painting,
chickens, accompanied by an inscription at the gazing past an old gnarled tree at a distant calligraphy, carving on stones and organic
top left, the reverse with a solitary figure walking horizon on the right, the other side boldly painted materials. An exquisite example of an inside-
along a riverbank in a mountainous landscape with a rock sculpture, vases containing blossoming painted ‘Buddhist lion and dragon’ snuff bottle by
with stripped trees and a group of birds in flight. flowers and a tripod censer with calamus, Ding Erzhong was sold in our Hong Kong rooms
6.2cm (2½in) high inscribed at the top left on each side, carnelian on 24 November 2012, The Paul Braga Collection
£2,500 - 4,000 stopper with metal collar. 6.2cm (2½in) high (2). of Snuff Bottles, lot 15.
HK$29,000 - 47,000 CNY24,000 - 38,000 £8,000 - 12,000 The horse is an auspicious motif that represents
HK$94,000 - 140,000 CNY75,000 - 110,000 peace, nobility and wealth. It is more common
玻璃內畫雞紋鼻煙壺 to find a figure riding the horse in Ding’s snuff
張葆田，1892年作 玻璃內畫雙駿圖鼻煙壺 bottle examples, rather than the present lot of two
Provenance: A European private collection and 丁二仲，1903年作 horses, see an example in the Mary and George
thence by descent Provenance: A European private collection and Bloch collection, illustrated by H.Moss, V.Graham,
thence by descent K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The
來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去 Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Inside
來源：歐洲私人收藏，並由家族繼承下去 Painted, Hong Kong, 2000, p.321, no.558.
Zhang Baotian is a contemporary of Zhou Leyuan The auspicious objects on the other side of the
who has a distinguished style in the use of ink Illustrated: H.M.Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, present bottle is a typical subject for Ding’s work;
and sepia palette. Zhang is fond of depicting London, 1971, p.145, pl.394, where the author compare a related example from the Mary and
landscapes in most of his works which highlights notes that the collection was formed mostly George Bloch Collection, ibid., p.323, no.559.
the present lot with its depiction of chickens is a between 1960 and 1966.
rare departure from his more typically depicted 著錄：H.M.Moss著，《Snuff Bottles of China》
subject matter. ，倫敦，1971年，頁145，編號394，此收藏系
列主要於1960至1966年間組成
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