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A RARE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE Exhibited:
Ma Shaoxuan International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria,
Signed and dated wuxu year, corresponding to 1898 New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 76
The main face painted with a rare scene of four boys studying at a
low table below an inscription Baizi Tu (‘one-hundred boys’ painting) For another slightly damaged example attributed to the Ma Family and
followed by the artist’s seal, Shao, the reverse side with a thirty- dated to 1906 and identically titled but painted with boys at play rather
two-character inscription preceded by the date and followed by the than at study, see Bonhams, New York, 10 September 2018, lot 28.
signature and seal, xuan; stopper.
2 1/2in (6.5cm) high
$4,000 - 6,000

戊戌年（1898） 馬少宣 玻璃内畫「百子圖」配詩文鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Gerry P. Mack
Sotheby’s, New York, The Gerry P. Mack Collection, 25 October 1997,
lot 364

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