An inside-painted glass snuff bottle


Zhou LeyuanOf rounded rectangular form, with a cylindrical neck, flat lip and splayed oval foot ring, one side painted with a scholarly theme featuring a perforated rock, bonsai and a vase filled with bare branches, inscribed with a four-line poem, signed Zhou Leyuan, the other side painted in ink and blue pigment to depict a placid summer scene of a cicada resting on a tree branch with a dragonfly hovering nearby. 2 2/4in (6.4cm) high
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