Snuff Bottle: Inside Painted Blue Glass Bottle with Landscape Painting and China MarkThe snuff bottle is of a flattened ovoid form tapering in the bottom to a recessed short oval shape raised foot. The straight neck ends in a flat top. The inside painting within the bottle features a panoramic landscape painting. It is done in the Southern School of landscape painting. There is a river with a fisherman fishing at its bank; in the middle of the water is a promontory and overlapping mountains at the back. Two boats with white sails sail

circa 1920's to 1930's

This colorful pebble shaped soapstone is fashioned as a scholar rock

Snow is not easy to paint

The complete inscription reads "painted in the winter month of the 丙寅 year

commonly known as Puddingstone

The glass bottle is a flattened oblong shape slightly tapering towards the base ending in a small raised oval foot

That was more than 30 years ago and I have to do some research to find the artist and the correct date

even in Zen Koans

Antique Yixing Zisha Bamboo Theme Teapot with Yin Yang and Eight Trigrams

hear no evil

the patina is not brand new

Date: 1857