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AN INSIDE PAINTED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
Wang Xisan, 20th century
Of flattened rounded form, one side with brown inclusions and
irregular surface, the inside painted with a lotus blossom, reeds and
butterfly, the other side painted with an eleborate mansion on the
edge of a cliff, surrounded by trees, with a waterfall in the distance,
the translucency of the material imbuing the scene with a ethereal
feel, signed Wang Xisan, with one painted seal reading Xisan.
2 1/4in (5.5cm) high
$6,000 - 8,000

二十世紀 王習三内畫瑪瑙山水蓮塘圖鼻煙壺

落款
王習三作

Provenance
Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong, 1973

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