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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘LIU HAI’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Ma Shaoxuan, 1905
Of flattened, rounded rectangular form, one side of the interior painted
with the immortal Liu Hai playfully teasing his three-legged toad,
the other side dated yisi (1905) and inscribed with a poem about
the immortal, signed Ma Shaoxuan with one painted seal reading
Shaoxuan.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

乙巳年（1905年）馬少宣作 玻璃內畫劉海戲蟾圖鼻煙壺

Provenance:
Alice B. McReynolds Collection
Sotheby’s, Los Angeles, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the
collection of Alice B McReynolds, 31 October 1984, lot 178

來源：
Alice B. McReynolds 珍藏
洛杉磯蘇富比，1984年10月31日，拍品編號178

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