Item description / significance
This is an inside-painted (inner-painted, reverse painted) glass ball depicting an adaptation of the Song dynasty handscroll painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival.”
Bought where
in Singapore, at Peter’s house of bric-a-brac
Age and origin
Painted in 1992, according to the inscription, probably in Hengshui, Hebei Province, in northern China
What I like about it
I bought it mainly because I recognized the famous source painting. I’d stared at an animated version of it on display at, I think, Tokyo Haneda Airport when I got re-routed through there in 2017. The level of detail is impressive.
See below for information on the inscription, background on the original handscroll painting, and more photos of this ball.
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