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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Ye Zhongsan was perhaps the most important follower of Zhou
Attributed to Ye Zhongsan Leyuan. His earliest bottles are dated to 1892 and his works and
Dated jihai year, corresponding to 1899 subjects vary greatly. For other examples of Ye bottles dated to 1899
Painted in muted blue, brown, beige and red tones with a continuous and 1900 using a very similar mix of muted blues, grays and beiges,
scene of robed figures near a building with bamboo, looking up at a see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of
vision of a figure seated in a small boat amidst clouds above trees and Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4,
rockwork; stopper. Part 1, Inside Painted, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 226-234, no’s. 519-522.
2 1/2in (6.5cm) high
For another Ye bottle dated 1899, see Bonhams, Hong Kong, 27 May
$3,000 - 5,000 2012, lot 82.
己亥年（1899） 傳葉仲三 玻璃内畫聊齋故事鼻煙壺
Provenance:
Robert C. Eldred, 16 November 1991, lot 528
Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9
November 2013, no. 48
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