Glass snuffbox, painted inside with bird and flower decoration, Ye Shuying, 叶澍英, circa 1970 Of rectangular form with rounded shoulders decorated with a bird in peonies on one side and a butterfly among bamboos and magnolias with the inscription: "executed by Ye Shuying in Beijing". Rose quartz stopper. Height: 7.1 cm Small chip ground into the neck. Ye Shuying was born in 1939 into an illustrious family of snuffbox painters, the granddaughter of the famous painter Ye Zhongsan and the daughter of the no less famous Ye Bengqi. She was the first woman to practice this art, and began around 1957. Her favorite subjects were birds and flowers.