AN UNUSUAL INSIDE-PAINTED HAIR CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLEAttributed to Meng Zishou 1770-1880 Of high-shouldered rounded rectangular shape, upright rectangular form, painted with a continuous scene of various fish swimming amid water plants further enhanced by the dark needles lightly suffused throughout the stone; stopper. 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high 1770-1880 傳孟子受 髪晶内畫魚藻紋鼻烟壺 Provenance: Sotheby's, New York, 15 March 1984, lot 320 Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd., 8 November 1997 , New York, 3 March 2017, lot 1019 Michael C. Hughes LLC, 19 September 2017 It is possible that the painting in this bottle is from the hand of Meng Zishou. The subject was one re-visited many times by the artist.The use of a rutile needle backdrop to suggest fronds within the underwater scene, is a clever artistic ploy, that perhaps an artist of Meng's maturity might attempt.