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A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE See a crystal example sold at Bonhams New York, 13 March 2017, lot
Attributed to Ma Shaoxuan 1120, dated 1897 and another of glass dated 1903 from the Robert
Signed, circa 1897-1900 and Maurice Muntz Collection, sold at Sotheby’s, New York, 13-14
Of rounded rectangular shape, painted on one main face with a figure September 2016, lot 237.
of Liu Hai, in blue robes, dangling a string of cash to tempt the magical
three-legged toad, the reverse with an inscription followed by the A similar example, dated 1900, is illustrated by Bob C. Stevens, The
signature and seal Shao; stopper. Collector’s Book of Snuff Bottles, New York and Tokyo, 1976, p. 240,
1 5/8in (4.2cm) high no. 857, and another, undated, is illustrated by Hugh Moss, Victor
Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, Treasury, Vol. 4, Part 2, Inside-Painted,
$3,000 - 4,000 Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 416-417, no. 596.
1897-1900 傳馬少宣 玻璃内畫「劉海戯蟾」圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Mrs. T. Embiricos
Robert Kleiner, 12 September 2012

Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9
November 2013, no. 142

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