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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE The subject of auspicious objects in groupings of mossy rockwork,
Ma Shaoxuan bronze and ceramic vessels and jardinières, was a popular one in
Signed and dated gengzi year, corresponding to 1900 early inside painted bottles, particularly those painted by Zhou Leyuan
Painted on one main face with an ancient bronze vessel, flowers, a and Ye Zhongsan, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang,
pierced rock, a crackled-ware jar and a teapot, the other face with a A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch
well-written thirty-two character inscription preceded by the date and Collection, Vol 4, Part 1, pp. 98-100, no. 467, for the former, and
followed by the signature and seal Shaoxuan; stopper. pp. 216-218, no. 515, for the latter. However, amongst Ma’s work,
2 1/4in (5.6cm) high it is extremely rare to find this subject matter, as he preferred figural
subjects for the most part.
$3,000 - 4,000
庚子年(1900） 馬少宣 玻璃内畫清供圖配詩文鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Robert Kleiner, 18 December 2001

Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, New York, 5-9
November 2013, no. 89

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