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6075 (two views) 6075
AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL
6076 (two views) SNUFF BOTTLE
Zhou Leyuan, 1891
56 | BONHAMS Of slender tapering form, with a cylindrical
neck, subtly recessed lip, spreading oval
foot ring, the interior exquisitely painted with
a delicate tree extending diagonally over a
pond with fish and various insects either in
flight or on moss-covered rocks, one side
dated xinmou qiuyue (the month of autumn
in 1891), signed Zhou Leyuan with his studio
name Ouxiang Zhai (the Studio of Lotus-Root
Fragrance), one seal reading Yuan yin.
3in (7.6cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

This work exemplifies the artist’s excellent
command of composition and his superb
ability to present the finest details in nature.
The fresh and subtle blue applied in this
painting is a unique and signature color that
Zhou Leyuan experimented with in the middle
of his career. Compare another inside-painted
snuff bottle by Zhou Leyuan with similar blue
color decoration, dated 1890, illustrated in
the exhibition catalog Chinese Snuff Bottles:
A Miniature Art from the Collection of George
and Mary Bloch, Hong Kong Museum of Art,
1994, pp. 387-388, no. 316.

1891年 周樂元作 水晶內畫昆蟲池塘圖鼻煙
壺 《藕香齋周樂元》款

6076
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
In the style of Zhou Leyuan, 1894
The elongated tapering bottle supported on
a splayed oval foot, with a cynlindrical neck,
flat lip, the front and back painted in soft-
hued colors with two grazing horses in an
open grassland separated by an aged willow
tree, one side dated jiawu (1894), bearing a
signature Zhou Leyuan, followed with a seal
mark painted in red.
2 9/19in (6.5cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000

1894年 周樂元風格 玻璃內畫駿馬圖鼻煙壺
《周樂元》款