AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEChen Zhongsan, 1917 Of rectangular form with a cylindrical neck and an oval footrim, painted on the inside using ink and watercolors with a continuous scene, on one main side an eagle perched in the branches of a gnarly pine tree looking down at a bear sitting on a grassy bank with one paw raised, the reverse with a red-crested crane with outstretched wings perched on a rock, one leg raised, a second old pine tree behind it partially covering the moon risen above the mountains in a cloudy sky, signed Chen Zhongsan with one red seal and dated; stopper. 2 3/8 in (6 cm) high 丁巳年（1917）陳仲三 玻璃内畫「英雄圖」鼻煙壺一件 《陳仲三》款 Provenance: Janos Szekeres Sotheby's, New York, June 5, 1987, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Janos Szekeres, Part II, lot 226 Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 26 Exhibited: The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD., September 30 – December 9, 2018 Chen Zhongsan was another late arrival to the Beijing School as his dated works span the years 1907 until 1919. There are approximately sixty extant works by him of which three-quarters are dated. Despite the influence of Zhou Leyuan and Ma Shaoxuan, Chen retained his own style and is renowned for the filling in of endless detail in hispositions. The 'eagle and bear' is a classic subject for Chen, while the red-crested crane with outstretched wings is lessmon.