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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE A RARE INSIDE-PAINTED SELF-PORTRAIT CRYSTAL
Wang Xisan, 1983 SNUFF BOTTLE
The compressed globular bottle supported by a spreading oval foot Wang Xisan, 1983
ring, surmounted with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles to the Of compressed form, with a flat lip and sloping shoulders, fixed ring
narrow sides, masterfully painted on the interior walls with the eight handles to the sides, supported by an oval foot rim, one side with a
Daoist immortals in a continuous landscape setting rendered in ink self-portrait of Wang Xisan dated guihai (1983), dedicated to Joanna
and colors of rich shades, one side titled Baxian Chuhui to echo the Lau Sullivan and signed Wang Xisan with a painted seal, the reverse
theme of the painting, dated guihai (1983), signed Yihu Zhai zhuren with a calligraphic passage in running script on a ground imitating gold-
Wang Xisan (Master of the One Bottle Studio Wang Xisan), one red fleck paper, dated guihai and signed Wang Xisan with one painted seal.
seal mark reading Xisan. 2 3/8in (5.3cm) high
2 3/4in (7cm) high $3,000 - 5,000
$3,000 - 5,000
Illustrated and Published
1983年 王習三作 玻璃內畫「八仙初會」圖鼻煙壺 The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Journal, Winter 2007,
《癸亥杏月一壺齋主人王習三作》款 p.17, figs.44-45.

1983年 王習三作 水晶內畫王習三自畫像鼻煙壺
《癸亥盛夏自畫像於一壺齋贈蘇利氏夫人留念王習三》款

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