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465
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Wang Xisan
Signed, circa 1970
Of globular spherical shape, finely painted with a continuous scene of
boys flying kites and playing the game of blind-man’s-bluff in a grassy
river or lakeside setting with willow and the artists seal, Ji; stopper.
2 1/4in (5.6cm) high

$2,000 - 3,000
1970年前後 王習三 玻璃内畫戲嬰圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trojan
Sotheby’s New York, A Private Collection, 17 March 1997, lot 462

The seal Ji was one the artist appears to have used while working at
Hengshui under the One Bottle Studio banner. It was a short form for
the character meaning Hebei province, the Ji School being Wang’s
own. For further discussion see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka
Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George
Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Part 2, Inside Painted, Hong Kong, 2000, p.
589, no. 667.

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