AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS 'COCKEREL AND LANDSCAPE' SNUFF BOTTLEDing Erzhong, Xuannan, Beijing, dated gengzi year (1900) Of flattened rounded rectangular form, set on an oval footrim, elegantly painted to one side with a mountainous pine-strewn river landscape, the reverse with a cockerel perched on rockwork beside a blossoming shrub and overhanging branches, inscribed 'given to Chen Baohao' 陳葆好, signed with one seal. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) high. Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 This bottle is typical of Ding Erzhong whose highly aplished and cultured style of painting reflects his scholarly, literatus background. He was one of a small group of scholar-painters who chose to paint inside snuff bottles. He used as his inspiration his extensive knowledge of Song, Yuan, and Ming painting. Theposition of the landscape on this bottle is superb, with the trees guiding the eye back to the waterfall and dramatic rocks in the background, outlined in black. pare with a 'landscape and cockerel' snuff bottle by Ding Erzhong, dated 1898, 'Snuff Bottles from the Mary and George Bloch Collection', Part V, Hong Kong, 27 May 2012, lot 86. Provenance : Purchased from Robert Hall, 5th October 2005 Emily Byrne Curtis Published : Friedman, Pamela, 'Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Pamela R Lessing Friedman Collection', page 138 no. 114. Hugh M. Moss, 'Snuff Bottles of China' p. 145, no. 395. Exhibited Hugh Moss, London, 'An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles' (1970), cat. no. 384. Newark Museum, New Jersey, 'Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of E.B. Curtis' (October/November 1982), cat. no. 28