Atomo Collection

• Glass
  
  
• Rounded rectangular
  
  
• A continuous landscape of rocky mountains adorned with pines and two figures contemplating by the lakeside on one side. A scholar in a pavillon in the other one, with a poem, signed Zhoue Leyuan with a seal "yuangu".
  
  The poem can be translated as follow:
  
  'The green mountain stands straight up into the white clouds
  As the sun sets on the countryside, the roosters and the dogs quiet down
  The river is empty and the fishermen are gone
  The peach blossoms have fallen and villagers are closing their doors
  
  Zhou Leyuan'.
  
  (Probably painted by Ye Studio).

Period

• 1893

Size

• Height cm. 5.7
• Mouth cm. 0.6
• Lip cm. 1.5

Stopper

• Stone with gilt collar

Provenance

• John F. Ruckman collection
• Charles V. Swain collection
• Christie's Paris - 11 june 2008 - Lot no. 54

Exhibited

• 41st Convention I.C.S.B.S., Dublin, October 2009
• Palazzina delle Arti: Museo del Sigillo (Seal Museum), La Spezia - Italy, November 2010 - January 2011

Published

• Journal ICSBS - Autumn 1984 - Vol XVI number 3 - P. 94 - Fig. 272
• Atomo Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, Foti, no. 21, p. 26

Comparison

• "Bottles of Delight - The Thal Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles" - no. 36 p. 81