AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS 'FIGURAL' SNUFF BOTTLE Ye Family Studio, 1928AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS 'FIGURAL' SNUFF BOTTLEYe Family Studio, 1928The rounded rectangular bottle standing on a splayed oval footrim, with a spreading neck and flat lip; painted on each main side with an episodic scene from the Qing dynasty fiction work 'Dream of the Red Chamber', the front depicting Jia Baoyu, Shi Xiangyun, and a servant holding a gold model of a qilin, the upper left inscribed with the title of the episode, dated wuchen chunri (spring of 1928), carrying a Ye Zhongsan signature and one seal mark; the verso decorated with a scene from the thirteenth chapter of the same literary work, featuring Ping'er, Jia Lian and another figure in a terrace setting, inscribed with the title of the chapter.2 1/2in (6.4cm) high戊辰年 (1928) 玻璃内畫《紅樓夢》人物故事鼻煙壺一件葉氏家族 《葉仲三》款Provenance:Joan and Ted Dorf Collection, no. 23