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A RARE LARGE INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL AN INSIDE-PAINTED ‘TAN XINPEI’ GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SNUFF BOTTLE in the style of Ma Shaoxuan, cyclically dated to the Gengzi year
Signed Ma Shaoxuan, cyclically dated to 1915 and of the period corresponding to 1900
Of rectangular form carved with mythical beast-heads on the shoulders The bottle of flattened rectangular shape, painted with the actor, Tan
issuing loop handles on the sides, the interior of one face painted with a Xinbei, in his role as general Huang Zhong, clad in his dragon uniform,
luohan meditating on a sutra seated under a gnarled pine tree beside a the reverse with a lengthy inscription with signature of Ma Shaoxuan.
recumbent deer, signature of the artist and inscription, the reverse side 6.4cm (2 1/2in) high.
depicting another luohan seated in quiet contemplation beside a cliff, box.
9.2cm (3 5/8in) high. (2). £2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY18,000 - 27,000 庚子年（1900年） 馬少宣款玻璃內畫譚鑫培京劇人物鼻煙壺

民國四年(1915年) 馬少宣款玻璃內畫羅漢禪坐圖鼻煙壺 Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, 21 March 1999, lot 46
A distinguished Asian private collection
Provenance: a distinguished Asian private collection
來源：
來源： 顯貴亞洲私人收藏 1999年3月21日於紐約蘇富比拍賣，拍品46號
顯貴亞洲私人收藏
The inscription reads:
An very similar ‘Tan Xinpei’ snuff bottle is illustrated by H.Moss,
袁世凱大總統賞鑒 V.Graham and K.B.Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles: The Mary
and George Bloch Collection, vol.4, Hong Kong, 2000, no.604 and was
Which may be translated as: later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 24 November 2014, lot 17. The
snuff bottle depicts the famous Beijing opera actor Tan Xinpei 譚鑫
For the appreciation of President Yuan Shikai 培 (1847-1917) playing the role of General Huang Zhong in the opera
‘Mount Ding Jun’. Tan, whose stage name was Tian’er (‘Heaven’s kid’),
was extremely admired as an actor and often performed for the late
Qing Court. Indeed, there was a popular saying at the time:’Who can
worry if the nation rises or falls, when the whole city shouts in unison
Tian’er’(國家興亡誰管得, 滿城爭唱叫天兒). The poem on the reverse
of the snuff bottle reads:

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