An inside-painted glass snuff bottle


Chen Zhongsan, 1910Painted in black ink and subdued shades of color to one side depicting the bearded Tang dynasty poet Meng Haoran on a mule, followed by his attendant holding a prunus branch over his shoulder, making their way toward a stone bridge in a snow-covered, formidable landscape, the verso painted with insects surrounding a large cabbage in a rocky and grassy land strewn with small flowers; the upper left corner dated gengxu (corresponding to 1910), signed Chen Zhongsan, with one seal painted in red. 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
|庚戌年（1910年） 陳仲三作 玻璃內畫孟浩然踏雪尋梅圖鼻煙壺Provenance: A Private Pennsylvania Collection