Inside Painted Chinese Snuff Bottle by Chen Zhongsan ( Chen Chung San )
Chen Zhongsan was an excellent Middle Period artist.. Little has been documented about him.
We do know he had ties to, associated with, and influenced by the Yeh family Studio. As can be easily seen by this "Strange Stories From A Chinese Studio" scene on the reverse side of this bottle.. Very popular scene amongst the Yeh Zhongsan family studio..
Front side:
Can be read"(孟狄) Meng di or (盈狄) Ying di, and Signed Chen Zhongsan. Estimate the date between 1890 and 1920.
I am told this is likely a warrior/battle scene from the Warring States period (Zhanguo or Chan-Kuo) refers to the era of about 475 BCE to 221 BCE.
Reverse side script reads:
"Huang ying(黄英)"
The young gentleman is Ma zicai (马子才), and the lady in the room is Huang ying(黄英), they all from the book" Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio"
Bottle is 3" tall
Special thanks to Steven and Pat for the above info !
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