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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED WANG XISAN, AND DATED TO THE YEAR WUSHEN (1968)
The well-hollowed bottle is decorated with a pair of geese and an inscription, e (goose),
followed by a seal, Wang, the reverse with a pair of cats with an inscription, shuang mao (two
cats), a cyclical date wushen, and a seal, Xisan.
2¡ in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
$3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 55.
For a discussion of the artist Wang Xisan see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese
Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 1, Hong Kong, 2008, pp.
273-275. The authors note, “As an artistic genius, Wang rapidly became one of the finest
of all enamellers, both artistically and technically, that China has ever produced.” The
artist shows great artistry in painting both glass snuff bottles and interior-painted snuff
bottles. For other examples of inside-painted snuff bottles by the artist see ibid., Vol. 4,
Part 2, Hong Kong, 2000, pp. 558-589, nos. 656-667
倶衐䍆蒙Ӳה瀐墔蒓袐㏂⥘聖㌉
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