An Inside Painted Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle YE ZHONGSAN (1875-1945) 葉仲三水晶内畫紅樓故事圖鼻烟壺 the clear stone of rounded rectangular form carved with mock ring handles on either side, and supported by a short sectioned foot. Deftly painted within either side with figure in an interior scene opposite wanderings through a landscape; finished with a softly polished pink tourmaline stopper. Height 2 7/8 in., 7.3 cm. Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois Acquired from the Collection of Eugene D. Buchanan, circa 1977 James Graham & Sons, New York, New York, 1959