A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle, signed Zhou Leyuan (active 1879-1893)
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Description
A Chinese inside-painted glass snuff bottle
signed Zhou Leyuan (active 1879-1893)
Featuring a sandhill crane standing on one leg with outstretched wings in a tree, surrounded by bamboo; with an inscription and one seal to either side.
H: 2 7/8, W: 1 1/2 in.
H: 7.3, W: 3.81 cm.
Provenance: Private collection, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1996.
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The Palace Museum, No. 00106668; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, No. 21.175.305a, b; Sotheby's, Hong Kong, June 2015, lot 118; Bonhams, Hong Kong, November 2012, lot 011.
此件烟壶呈扁方瓶形,直颈,椭圆形圈足,水晶材质,晶体透明纯净,烟壶盖材质为珊瑚与翡翠,珊瑚雕有龙纹。壶一面内画梅花满枝,一只丹顶鹤立于草石之上;另一面画有竹林与梅枝。丹顶鹤姿态生动,花草树木无一不精,大师功力毕现于此。此壶落款“壬辰重阳写于京师”应作于(光绪十八年,1892年)。周乐元凭借其扎实的绘画功底,将中国传统绘画浓缩在寸天厘地的鼻烟壶内,精巧雅致,令人叹服,其作品深受博物馆及藏家青睐。
故宫博物院馆藏,编号故00106668;美国大都会博物院,编号21.175.305a,b;苏富比拍卖2015年06月香港拍卖,编号118;邦瀚斯拍卖2012年11月香港拍卖,编号011
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