An Inside Painted Clear Crystal Snuff Bottle

YE ZHONGSAN (1875-1945)

葉仲三（1875-1945）水晶内畫聊齋故事鼻烟壺
款識：荷花三娘子。己酉（1909）臘月葉仲三作。西湖主。
印：葉
painted on the interior with a continuous scene of Lotus Fragrance from The Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, inscribed and dated lunar year jiyou (1909), with a signature followed by a seal; together with a rose quartz stopper.

Height 3 in., 7.6 cm.

Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois

Note:

For similar examples, please refer to a smoky crystal bottle in Liaoning Museum, Shenyang, China, and Lot 387 sold in Christie's New York, The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part IV, March 15, 2017, sale 13772.

注：遼寧省博物館藏有一葉仲三茶晶內畫荷花三娘子鼻煙壺，紋飾、尺寸與本品幾乎一樣。

Overall good condition with minor short cracks in the glass on one side above the foot ring. Missing the spoon.

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An Inside Painted Clear Crystal Snuff Bottle

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