Exceptional Chinese Interior Painted Snuff Bottle

Exceptional Chinese Interior Painted Snuff Bottle, 1885-1895. Painted in understated colors to one side with a paradise bird perching on a blooming tree, the verso depicting a lone fisherman in a boat and a peaceful landscape, with an inscription, signed Zhou Leyuan, three painted red seals. Provenance: David Chang Collection (San Francisco, California). “His favorite subjects were a landscape with Chinese Classic style, with pine and tree and a pavilion overlooking a lake, offer with tiny figures and boats” by Hugh M. Moss published Chinese snuff – Bottles, A magazine for the collector and student of Chinese Snuff – Bottles Number One. Pg.34. Fig. 8.