A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1907
A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Signed Meng Zishou Dated dingwei year, corresponding to 1907 Of rounded rectangular shape, painted in a continuous scene around the body with fan-tailed goldfish swimming below the weeping branches of a willow with two swallows flying above alongside the inscription and a negative seal script seal shou in iron red; stopper.
1 1/2in (3.7cm) high For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website 丁未年（1907） 玻璃内畫燕飛魚塘微型鼻烟壺 《孟子受》款 National Museum of Singapore, Singapore, November 1994 - February 1995 See Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Part 2, Inside Painted , Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 504-505, no. 632, for a lengthy description of this bottle and where the author's note that Meng Zishou produced a reasonable number of miniature bottles during his career, and this example is amongst the finest.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- GLASS
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 1 1/2in (3.7cm) high
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 164499509
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.