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PROPERTY OF AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTOR
W670
AN INSIDE-PAINTED ‘ANIMALS’ AGATE
SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED WANG XISAN
王習三作玻璃內畫熊貓圖鼻煙壺
The interior is painted to one side with three pandas
at play and to the reverse with two antelope on a rocky
ledge. The bottle is inscribed with the artist’s name and
a seal. The stone is of a smoky translucent tone.
3 in. (7.1 cm.) high
£2,000-3,000 $3,100-4,500
€2,800-4,100
670 (two views) PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s Australia, 26 October 2011, lot 488 (one of
two).
Property of an important private Asian collector.
來源：澳大利亞蘇富比，2011年10月26
日，拍品488號（其中之一）
671
W671 cowherd and his cow. The bottle is inscribed with 來源：百子圖鼻煙壺，於2011年11
the artist’s name and one seal. 月28日香港邦瀚斯拍賣，拍品378
A ‘HUNDRED BOYS’ INSIDE-PAINTED 號；購自香港古董商Y. F. Yang
GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE AND A The larger, 2æ in. (7 cm.) high (2) 牛郎鼻煙壺，於2012年11月9日倫敦
‘COWHERD’ INSIDE-PAINTED AGATE 南肯辛頓佳士得拍賣，拍品1092號
SNUFF BOTTLE £3,000-5,000 $4,600-7,600 （其中之一）
BOTH SIGNED LIU SHOUBEN €4,100-6,800
Liu Shouben was an early student of Ye Bengqi
THE ‘HUNDRED BOYS’ BOTTLE, DATED PROVENANCE: and his brother, Ye Xiaofeng, who founded
SUMMER OF XINSI YEAR, CORRESPONDING the modern Beijing School in the 1950’s. Liu
TO 2001 The ‘hundred boys’ bottle: Bonhams Hong Kong, continues to this day as the doyen of the Beijing
28 November 2011, lot 378. School after Wang Xisan left for the province of
2001年（百子圖鼻煙壺） 劉守本 With Y. F. Yang, Hong Kong. Hebei to set up his own school.
玻璃內畫百子圖鼻煙壺及瑪瑙內畫 The ‘cowherd’ bottle: Christie’s South Kensington,
牛郎鼻煙壺 一組兩件 9 November 2012, lot 1092 (one of six). For a similar bottle by the same artist, see
Property of an important private Asian collector. Snuf Bottles: Little Gems of Delight, Singapore
The frst is painted in vibrant colours with boys Chinatown Snuf Bottle Society, 2004, p. 23.
engaged in various leisurely pursuits, and is
inscribed with the title of the scene, date, and
with the artists name and a red seal. The agate
snuf bottle is carved with two fxed-ring Buddhist
lion handles, and is painted to each side with a
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