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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
Wang Xisan, 1972
Of rectangular form, the narrow sides carved in low relief with mock
lion and ring handles, one side carved with an orchid plant and
butterfly and two blank seal cartouches, the design echoed on the
interior with a painting of cat, butterfly and orchid, the other side
painted with a cat perched on a rock, beside a bonsai gazing at
peonies, inscribed fugui yannian (wealth, honor and longevity), dated
renzi qiuyue (autumn month 1972), signed Wang Xisan painted at the
Yihu Zhai, followed by a painted seal reading Xisan.
2 5/8in (6.8cm) high
US$7,000 - 10,000
1972年 王習三内畫「富貴延年」鼻煙壺
CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FOM AMERICAN COLLECTIONS | 11
