λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED HAIR CRYSTAL 'FISH' SNUFF BOTTLE

λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED HAIR CRYSTAL 'FISH' SNUFF BOTTLE
Dated 1905

Dated the yiji year, each side painted with swimming goldfish, signed Ye Zhongsan, 5.6cm.

WITHOUT RESERVE
本拍品不設底價。

Provenance: from an English private collection, acquired in the 1950s and 1960s.

乙巳（1905年） 葉仲三作玻璃內畫九如圖鼻煙壺
題識：乙巳桃月，葉仲三作。
來源：英國私人收藏，購於1950至1960年代。

Ye Zhongsan (1875–1945) is regarded as one of the top four artists of the Beijing School of Snuff Bottle Painting. His students, Wang Xisan and Liu Shouben, as well as his granddaughter, Ye Shuying, are also renowned artists in snuff bottle painting.