Interior-painted snuff bottle with donkey rider and visitors at gate scences
Interior-painted snuff bottle with donkey rider and visitors at gate scences
Interior-painted snuff bottle with donkey rider and visitors at gate scences
Interior-painted snuff bottle with donkey rider and visitors at gate scences

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Interior-painted snuff bottle with donkey rider and visitors at gate scences,

1900–20

Ye Zhongsan 葉仲三, 1863–1946
Chinese
late Qing dynasty to Modern period, 1912–present, 1644–1912
y1936-724

Information

Title
Interior-painted snuff bottle with donkey rider and visitors at gate scences
Dates

1900–20

Maker
Ye Zhongsan 葉仲三
Medium
Crystal with interior painting
Dimensions
h. with stopper 8.0 cm., w. 3.7 cm., d. 2.4 cm. (3 3/16 x 1 7/16 x 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Col. James A. Blair, Class of 1903
Object Number
y1936-724
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Inscribed: Ba tian feng xue shi qiao xia八天風雪石橋斜, Ci lao qi lü mi jiu jia此老騎驢覓酒家。 Shi wai bu zhi zheng zhan shi 世外不知爭輚事, Wo long gang shang kan mei hua臥龍岡上看梅花 。 Ye Zhongsan zuo葉仲三作
Culture
Chinese
Period
Qing, modern Chinese styles and periods
Type
snuff bottles, crystal (material by form)
Materials
crystal (material by form)
Subject
gates, figures (representations), donkeys

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