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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL 'SWALLOWS' SNUFF BOTTLE, BY ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED TO THE RENCHEN YEAR,
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2025年10月16日 开拍
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL 'SWALLOWS' SNUFF BOTTLE, BY ZHOU LEYUAN, DATED TO THE RENCHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1892Inscriptions: To one side, signed 'Zhou Leyuan' and dated 'In the year of Renchen [corresponding to 1892], Lunar September, Beijing'. One red seal, 'Yuanyin'.Expert's note: This is one of Zhou Leyuan's late masterpieces, painted on crystal. In this case, it remains uncertain whether the bottle is an older example repurposed by the artist or one specifically commissioned by him. The shape could plausibly date back to the mid-eighteenth century, but its frequent appearance among Beijing School artists—particularly in the work of Ma Shaoxuan, whose portraits often appear in very similar forms—suggests the possibility of later manufacture.Well hollowed, the rounded rectangular body supported on a short oval foot ring and rising to a cylindrical neck. Superbly painted with a continuous landscape depicting prunus trees growing amidst peonies and grassy mounds, each tree trunk shown on a different side with the blossoming branches extending to both sides, with swallows in flight.Provenance: The Little Shop, Hong Kong, 1960. A private collection in England, acquired from the above. A copy of the invoice from the Little Shop, Hong Kong, dated 6 April 1960, accompanies this lot. The base with an old label typed '99'.Condition: Good condition with minor wear, minuscule nicks to the foot, the mouth with a small smoothened area, the stone with natural fissures and inclusions. The painting with minuscule traces of wear and use.Stopper: Rose quartz Weight: 48.2 gDimensions: Height including stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 13 mm and mouth 5 mm.Zhou Leyuan is the founder of the popular Beijing school of painting. His career spanned the period from 1881 to 1893. Every single artist of the first phase of the school owed a considerable debt to Zhou, and most began their careers by copying his style and signing his name. Some even devoted most of their careers to producing copies of his work. Hugh Moss has described Zhou Leyuan as “the single most important artist in the entire field of inside-painted snuff bottles”.Zhou Leyuan did not use a copybook, unlike Ye Zhongsan and Ma Shaoxuan, with the consequence that his compositions tended to be freer and livelier even when, as a commercial artist, he repeated the same subject matter. Paired birds on flowering branches appear in different combinations on bottles painted by Zhou Leyuan between 1884 and 1892. This is one of the more exceptional versions of the theme where the subtle, subdued colors of the birds' wings and tails are offset by their bright peach-colored breasts and red beaks. The swallows, amidst further blossoming prunus and peonies bear auspicious meaning, as the Chinese word for swallow (yan) is a homonym of the word for 'quiet' or 'peaceful'.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2010, lot 41 Price: HKD 108,000 or approx. EUR 17,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing : An inside-painted rock-crystal snuff bottle, Zhou Leyuan, dated 1892 (the bottle 1740-1892) Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of painting, composition, and swallow motif, this bottle being dated to the same year as the present lot. Note the size (6.4 cm)Auction result comparison: Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 19 September 2007, lot 609Price: USD 20,000 or approx. EUR 26,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing: An inside-painted brown crystal snuff bottle, signed Zhou Leyuan, dated to the Renchen year, corresponding to 1892Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, manner of painting, composition, and swallow motif, this bottle being dated to the same year as the present lot. Note the size (6.2 cm) and brown color of the crystal.

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