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444
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE The poem on the reverse may be translated as:
Ma Shaoxuan
Signed and dated dingsi year, corresponding to 1917 Folks dwell amid the blue mountains and green waters,
Of compressed rounded rectangular shape, finely painted with a Through azure moss and emerald pines, a narrow stone path
mountainous landscape with a solitary figure on a craft towards descends.
a retreat on the left, the reverse with a thirty-two character poetic On the slope, the old lord returns, but empty handed,
inscription preceded by the date and followed by the artist’s signature An idle wait for a solitary garden’s blooming flowers.
and seal Shaoxuan; stopper.
2 1/4in (5.8cm) high See the footnote to the previous lot, lot 443, in the present sale, for
further examples of Ma bottles with similar mountain lakeside views.
$5,000 - 7,000
丁巳年（1917） 馬少宣 玻璃内畫春江碧水泛舟圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
A European Private Collection and thence by descent
Bonhams, London, 16 May 2013, lot 182

Exhibited:
International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria,
New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 147

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