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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle Signed Zhou Leyuan, cyclically dated renchen year corresponding to 1892
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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Of compressed rectangular form with high shoulders above an oval foot, intricately painted with a continuous landscape scene of insects by a gnarled tree and rockwork, one side with a series of dated kaishu inscriptions followed by the signature and a painted seal mark of the artist, with stopper.
6.3cm (2 1/2in) high (2).
Footnotes
1892年 周樂元 玻璃內畫昆蟲鼻煙壺
Provenance 來源:
According to the family, acquired by Hans Goldstein probably between 1948-1981 and thence by descent
據說由Hans Goldstein或於1948至1981年間購得,並由家族繼承
Zhou Leyuan (active circa 1879-1893) born in Shangyin, Zhejiang Province, is arguably one of the most important inside-painted artists. Zhou founded his school of painting style in Beijing, and strongly influenced other artists including Ma Shaoxuan, Ding Erzhong and Ye Zhongsan.
Compare an inside-painted snuff bottle by Zhou Leyuan, but featuring a landscape scene with a crane, also dated renchen year corresponding to 1892, sold in these rooms, The Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles, 24 November 2012, lot 11.
周樂元活躍於1879至1893年間,與馬少宣、葉仲三和丁二仲為內畫鼻煙壺的代表性人物。
參考另一件周樂元內畫鼻煙壺的例子,同樣作於壬辰年(1892年),拍賣於香港邦瀚斯,《The Paul Braga Collection of Snuff Bottles》,2012年11月24日,拍品11。
