AN INSIDE-PAINTED AMBER GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEMeng Zishou Signed and dated Jiyou year, corresponding to 1909 Of rounded shape, painted on one side with a butterfly above a grasshopper on a cabbage with a fan-tailed fish alongside, all below the inscription and the other side with a dragonfly above a praying mantis on open rock work and bare branches; stopper. 2in (5.0cm) high 己酉年（1909） 孟子受 玻璃内畫蟲魚雅石鼻烟壺 Provenance: Robert C. Eldred, Lot 195, August 27, 2004 Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 106 The use of amber glass for inside-painted bottles in this artist's oeuvre is rare, and like the subject is probably influenced by the works of Zhou Leyuan, whose influence over the Beijing School was so pervasive. For other examples, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, Treasury, Vol. 4, Part 2, Inside Painted , pp. 501-505, nos. 631 and 632.