Smoked rock crystal snuffbox painted inside by Ye Zhongsan, 葉仲三, dated 1924 Of rectangular form with rounded shoulders decorated with Meng Haoran on his mule followed by his assistant carrying a double-gourd hanging from a stick, mountains in the background. On the reverse, a rider on horseback has shot an arrow at a magpie, while his acolyte raises his hands towards the bird. In the background, a landscape of snow-capped mountains. It bears the inscription: "Executed by Ye Zhongsan in the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in the Jiazi year"- 甲子腊月葉仲三作 - Jiǎzǐ làyuè yèzhòngsān zuò, i.e. January 1924. Green jadeite stopper. Height: 6.2 cm