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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE BY YE ZHONGSAN
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
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of flattened rectangular form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck, resting on a neatly carved oval foot, painted to the inside with ink and colors, each face depicting a maiden in a garden, one holding a large peony spray, the other with a chrysanthemum, inscribed with a cyclical date corresponding to Winter of 1905, signed Ye Zhongsan, followed by a seal of the artist yin
Provenance
Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd.
Condition
The bottle and the painting are in good overall condition.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
The women painted on the present bottle are reminiscent of those painted on a 1906 bottle by Ye Zhongsan, illustrated in Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong, 1995, Volume 4, Part 1, pp. 250-251, no. 529.