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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
Wang Xisan, 1982 Wang Xisan, 1982
Of compressed form with a flat lip and sloping shoulders, thin oval The rounded square bottle with a cylindrical neck, flat lip, spreading
foot rim, one side painted with a portrait in ink of Sun Yat-sen (1866- oval foot ring, masterfully and meticulously painted to the interior with
1925) inscribed, dated renxu (1982), and signed Wang Xisan with the twelve zodiac animal figures in a wonderland-like landscape with
two painted seals, reversed with a calligraphic inscription imitating the trees and foliage, one side titled Shi Er Shu (Twelve Zodiacs), dated
style of Sun Yat-sen and signed Sun Wen, with a painted seal reading renshu chuqiu, (early autumn of 1982), signed Yihu Zhai Zhu Xisan
Sun Wen zhi yin. zuo (painted by Xisan at the One Bottle Studio), two red seal marks.
2 3/4in (7cm) high 2 1/2in (6.4cm) high
$2,500 - 4,000 $3,000 - 5,000
The inscription on the reverse translates “Mighty are the great trends 1982年 王習三作 玻璃內畫十二生肖圖鼻煙壺
of the world, those who follow them flourish, those who oppose them 《壬戍初秋一壺齋主習三作》款
die”, and is one of the most well-known aphorisms by Sun Yat-sen.
1982年 王習三作 水晶內畫孫中山像鼻煙壺
《壬戍秋月王習三恭繪》款
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