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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle A fine rock crystal snuff bottle
Ma Shaoxian, 1934 1750-1860
The rounded rectangular bottle with a spreading neck, flat lip, splayed Well-hollowed, of rounded square form with a cylindrical neck, flat
oval foot ring, painted to the front with a figure under a willow on lip, carefully finished oval foot ring, sensitively carved in rounded low
a bank in conversation with a fisherman seated in a boat, with relief with an atmospheric scene depicting an austere hut under a pine
mountains in far distance, the reverse inscribed with a four-line poem, facing bamboo rising behind serrated rocks, with a single cloud scroll
dated jiashu (1934), signed Ma Shaoxian, followed with a red seal high in the sky; the transparent stone nearly flawless.
mark reading shao. 2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high $1,500 - 2,000
$2,000 - 3,000
Provenance
Provenance Robert Kleiner, acquired 7 February 1990, New York
Sotheby’s, New York, 27 October 1986, sale 5501, lot 225
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Exhibited A nephrite fruit form snuff bottle
New Orleans Museum of Art, October 1980 1780-1850
Very well-hollowed, the natural contour of the pebble retained on the
7170 ovoid body of the fruit carved in low relief with succulent peaches on
An enameled black glass snuff bottle leafy branches; the grayish-white stone exhibiting russet and icy-white
Guyuexuan mark, 1767-1799 inclusions, with natural fissure veins.
Of rounded rectangular form with a neck spreading towards its flat lip, 2 7/8in (7.3cm) high
oval foot ring, painted in enamels of green, yellow, pale pink, red, and $2,000 - 3,000
blue against a black ground between flower petal bands depicting
a cherry tree with branches stretching around the walls, bearing Provenance
numerous blossoms, the base with faint Guyuexuan (Ancient Moon Asiantiques, acquired 3 February 1996
Pavilion) mark.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

Provenance
JWA International, acquired 3 February 1998

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