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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE For another landscape bottle dated 1896, see Hugh Moss, Victor
Attributed to Ding Erzhong Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, Treasury, Vol. 4, Part 1, Inside Painted,
Signed Erzhong and dated Bingshen year, corresponding to 1896 Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 280-281, no. 542, and a discussion of the
Of rounded rectangular shape, the impressionistic painting depicting artists merits. See also Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, Snuff Bottles from
two scholars beneath a winter tree pointing to the coastline and the Mary and George Bloch Collection: Part IX, 24 November 2014,
mountains beyond, below the somewhat worn signature, date and lot 175 for an example with figural tree landscape to one side and
seal, Ding, to one main face, the other side with a bird perched on rockwork and bare branches to the other.
mossy rock work with grasses and bare branches; stopper.
2 1/4in (5.6cm) high For another bottle dated to 1905 painted with a similar subjejct of
a bird on rockwork and an explanation on the influence of the the
$2,000 - 3,000 celebrated painter Hua Yan (Xinluo Shanren: 1682-1756) on Ding’s
oeuvre, see Humphrey K.F. Hui, Lai Suk Yee and Peter Y.K. Lam,
丙申年（1896） 傳丁二仲 玻璃内畫冬景人物鼻煙壺 Inkplay in Microcosm, Inside-painted Chinese Snuff Bottles, The
Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of
Provenance: Hong Kong, 2002, no. 27.
Robert C. Eldred, 27 August 2004, lot 171

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