Bottle ID: 777

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YE ZHONGSAN, GLASS, LANDSCAPE WITH DUCKS

Date: Winter, 1912

Height: 67 mm

A translucent blue glass snuff bottle of elongated ovoid form with a fluted neck and raised oval footrim, the bottle painted inside, using ink and watercolors, with a continuous mountainous landscape and river scene with four ducks swimming in two pairs, a pair of mandarin ducks on one side, the reverse with a pair of crested ducks, signed 'Made by Ye Zhongsan, winter month 1912' with one red seal, yin.

Similar Examples:

Crane Collection no. 405 
Crane Collection no. 386 (Modern School)

Provenance:

Laurence Souksi/Galerie Espace 4
Collection du Commandeur, Paris, France 
Robert Hall, London 
Maurice Hakim, New York

 

 

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