PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Paris, 11 June 2009, Lot 41 Ye Zhongsan was a follower of Zhou Leyuan who showed great promise in his early years. He was at his peak between 1895 and 1908, producing a series of masterpieces in his own, evolved style. This lot is made of translucent agate, in the inside painted with a scene of a foreigner leading camels walking through the dessert, with a woman and a kid standing in a landscape in the background, signed Ye Zhongsan on the left corner. This kind of theme is rarely seen in Ye Zhongsan's creation of snuff bottles, making this lot especially valuable.
Ye Zhongsan was a follower of Zhou Leyuan who showed great promise in his early years. He was at his peak between 1895 and 1908, producing a series of masterpieces in his own, evolved style. This lot is made of translucent agate, in the inside painted with a scene of a foreigner leading camels walking through the dessert, with a woman and a kid standing in a landscape in the background, signed Ye Zhongsan on the left corner. This kind of theme is rarely seen in Ye Zhongsan's creation of snuff bottles, making this lot especially valuable.
PROVENANCE: Sotheby's Paris, 11 June 2009, Lot 41