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6054 (two views) 6054
AN INSIDE-PAINTED SMOKY CRYSTAL
6055 (two views) SNUFF BOTTLE
Wang Xisan, 1967, the bottle, 1820-1900
42 | BONHAMS The well-hollowed bottle of tall rectangular
form with sloping shoulders, supported on
a well-finished oval foot ring, its cylindrical
neck surmounted with a recessed lip, the
interior painted to the forefront with numerous
grazing horses in an open grassland,
the background defined with trees and a
mountain-surrounded watercourse, one side
titled Bai Ma Tu (One Hundred Horses), dated
dingwei (1967), signed Wang Xisan with his
studio name Yihu Zhai, one red seal mark
reading Xisan.
2 5/8in (6.7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000

壺:1820-1900年 內畫:1967年王習三作 茶色
水晶內畫「百馬圖」鼻煙壺
《丁未年王習三作於一壺齋》款

6055
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
Wang Xisan, 1971, the bottle: 1780-1880
The rounded rectangular bottle rested on a
splayed oval foot, deftly painted to the interior
of each main side with a scholar and a young
boy in a lush garden, or in an enchanted
landscape setting, one side with an
inscription matching the scene, dated xinhai
(1971), signed Xisan, with One Bottle Studio
name, one red seal mark reading Xisan.
(2 3/4in (7cm) high).
$3,000 - 5,000

Many of of Wang Xisan’s finest works date
from the 1960’s to the early 1970’s. Although
they were created at an early stage of Wang’s
career, his artistic ability was already honed to
a very fine degree.

It is not unusual to find Wang Xisan’s early
works being executed on fine old bottles
during the late 1950’s to 1970’s, when fine
old crystal, chalcedony, and amber bottles
were available but not quite marketable. For
another inside-painted rock crystal bottle
by Wang Xisan, dated 1964, see Moss,
Graham, Tsang, The Art of the Chinese
Snuff Bottle. The J & J Collection, vol. II,
pp. 731-732, no, 449.

壺:1780-1880年 內畫:1971年王習三作
玻璃內畫仕人童子圖鼻煙壺 《辛亥臘八習三
作於一壺齋》款