Property of Mrs. Fay Plohn
An inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Yan Yutian
Oversized, of compressed ovoid form with a concave lip, an oval foot rim surrounding a shallow recessed foot, one side painted to depict a scholar's rock, spray of prunus blossom, potted grass and lingzhi mushroom, bearing a signature of Yan Yutian followed by a painted seal, a figure leading a camel through a snowy landscape painted to the reverse.
3 1/2in (8.8cm) high
Oversized, of compressed ovoid form with a concave lip, an oval foot rim surrounding a shallow recessed foot, one side painted to depict a scholar's rock, spray of prunus blossom, potted grass and lingzhi mushroom, bearing a signature of Yan Yutian followed by a painted seal, a figure leading a camel through a snowy landscape painted to the reverse.
3 1/2in (8.8cm) high
Sold for
US$ 2,125
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 玻璃內畫雪夜歸人圖鼻煙壺
閻玉田
Provenance:
Florence Ueltzen, Fu-Ming-Fair, December 1969
Yan Yutian was active beginning in the waning years of nineteenth century Beijing. A Manchu by birth, he painted another bottle with a camel led by a tether in the Bloch collection. See Moss, Graham and Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, vol. 4 pp. 458-473 for an in-depth discussion of his work.
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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