Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle with exotic animals, Ye Family Studio, 1954
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1954AD
This snuff bottle is a fine example of the Chinese inside-painted tradition, produced by the Ye Family Studio and dated to 1954. The bottle is of a flattened form and constructed from clear glass.
The interior surfaces are delicately painted with a continuous landscape scene depicting a variety of exotic animals, specifically a lion, a deer, a bear, and a camel. The piece measures 6.2 cm in height, excluding its green stopper. It bears a signature and a seal attributed to the artist, alongside an inscription indicating it was dated to the second month of the Jia Wu year. As a product of the Ye family school, which followed the techniques of the renowned master Ye Zhongsan, the bottle demonstrates the meticulous brushwork and vibrant coloration characteristic of the Beijing school of inside painting.
The design is presented against a subtle, warm-toned ground, highlighting the detailed figures of the animals set within their painted environment.
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Physical characteristics
- Height
- 6.2 cm
- Stopper
- green
- Material
- glass
Technical characteristics
- Decoration technique
- inside-painted
Design
- Markings
- signed, artist seal, date inscription
- Subjects
- lion, deer, bear, camel
- Landscape
- continuous
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Ye Family Studio
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.