• Dimension: Height: 3 7/8 in (9.8 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $8000

Of elongated rounded form and raised on oval foot, the front depicts a winding dragon spiting red flame amidst in grey backgrounds, the back with a huge dragon with powerful eyes roaring at a smaller dragon, on the left top side with inscription and signed by Ding Erzhong.

丁二仲 (1868－1935), 原名丁尚庾，祖籍浙江紹興。晚清民初藝術大家，對鼻煙壺內畫藝術精通，而且對金石、篆刻、竹刻頗有研究。其山水、人物、花鳥各類均擅長，畫風博雅深邃，別具一格。與周樂元、馬少喧、葉仲三並稱“清末內畫四大家”。