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AN INSIDE-PAINTED ‘ONE-HUNDRED BOYS’ CLEAR ROCK
CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
Ye Zhongsan, 1926
Of large rounded square shape with cylindrical neck and short oval
foot with slightly rounded foot ring, painted in a continuous scene in
a bright palette with numerous boys, some playing blind-man’s-bluff,
others circling in rings and others playing with crickets, all on a grassy
terrace with a tree with spreading branches.
2 11/16in (6.9cm) high, stopper
$2,000 - 3,000
1926年 葉仲三 水晶內畫百子圖水晶鼻煙壺
See Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of
Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol.
4, Part I, Inside Painted, pp.206-207, for an earlier example dated to
1896 and a full discussion of the subject of boys at play.
THE EMILY BYRNE CURTIS COLLECTION OF CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES | 19
