AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1911
Of rounded rectangular form, supported on a thick oval foot and rising to a cylindrical neck. Finely painted with a continuous and highly detailed scene of merchants, workers, travelers, and ferrymen in a rocky river landscape, one side with men waiting by a ferry station, a walled city in the upper background.
Inscriptions: To one side, upper left, signed ‘Chen Zhongsan’ and dated ‘On an Autumn day in the Year of Xinhai [corresponding to 1911] in Beijing’.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
Counts describe this entry’s documentation, not authenticity, rarity or completeness. Photographs may show one specimen; check each caption and licence.
Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- glass
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Height incl. stopper 66 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 6 mm
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
- 179562708
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.