Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Snuff Bottle with Landscape PaintingThis is an unsigned but exquisitely painted snuff bottle ipainted in the traditional Chinese Landscape Painting. To be specific, it is the Wu School painting, a long established tradition in accordance to the style established by the great Yuan Dynasty Lasndscape Painters. Literati painters of the Ming Dynasty established the Wu School. It is a joy to see a snuff bottle that followed the tradition of overlapping mountains, river with promontory and a

It is artist signed

1 inch deep and 3 1/4 inch high

This is a beautiful bottle made of fossilized wood

Shiwan has a rich history

It can be surmised that these bottles were exported to US for sale at the World Expositions

a long established tradition in accordance to the style established by the great Yuan Dynasty Lasndscape Painters

"The snuff bottle carver carefully planned the carving of this bottle which is of flattened shape with round shoulders that taper sharply to the base ending in a nicely done raised oval foot

I read an article about a collector in Hong Kong who collected this type of ceramic wares in the 1950's without fully aware what they represented

one frowning

Artists and craftsmen were encouraged to product works of art

Dating: 19th century

The active dating for Zhou Ji is 1900's to 1930's