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Lot 295
Sale 785 - Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sep 24, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$2,500 -
3,500
Price Realized
$2,750
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Lot Description
An Inside Painted Smoky Topaz Snuff Bottle
SIGNED YE ZHONGSAN, DATED GUIHAI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1923
癸亥(1923)年 葉仲三作托帕石內畫人物故事圖鼻煙壺
the stone of a dark brown tone, of rectangular form, painted on one side showing a lady in a snow scene, her attendant holding a large vase with prunus branches, the reverse showing a warrior with his donkey, conversing with a couple, signed Ye Zhongsan, followed by an artist's seal, dated the second month of gui hai year, corresponding to year 1923, with a tourmaline stopper.
the stone of a dark brown tone, of rectangular form, painted on one side showing a lady in a snow scene, her attendant holding a large vase with prunus branches, the reverse showing a warrior with his donkey, conversing with a couple, signed Ye Zhongsan, followed by an artist's seal, dated the second month of gui hai year, corresponding to year 1923, with a tourmaline stopper.
Height overall 3 1/8 in., 7.9 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois