A Chinese Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle, "Riverside Scene" After Zhang Zeduan, 57BY
The translucent amber-yellow glass snuff bottle has a classic elongated ovoid form with a flat base, decorated on both sides with a fine inside-painted adaptation of Zhang Zeduan's "Riverside Scene." One side presents a bustling section of the ancient capital along the river, with tiled-roof buildings, wooden structures, pedestrians, boats, bridges, willows and dense greenery, rendered in meticulous linear detail. The reverse bears the title in large vertical seal-script characters accompanied by red collector's seals, surrounding calligraphy and the English caption "RIVER SCENE." It is topped with a polished bright red domed stopper. Height 7.5 cm, width 4 cm.
Condition
Items are sourced from an estate.This is a no-reserve auction.
The translucent amber-yellow glass snuff bottle has a classic elongated ovoid form with a flat base, decorated on both sides with a fine inside-painted adaptation of Zhang Zeduan's "Riverside Scene." One side presents a bustling section of the ancient capital along the river, with tiled-roof buildings, wooden structures, pedestrians, boats, bridges, willows and dense greenery, rendered in meticulous linear detail. The reverse bears the title in large vertical seal-script characters accompanied by red collector's seals, surrounding calligraphy and the English caption "RIVER SCENE." It is topped with a polished bright red domed stopper. Height 7.5 cm, width 4 cm.
Condition
Items are sourced from an estate.This is a no-reserve auction.
