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6072 The phrase 指日高陞 (zhi ri gao sheng) inscribed on the front of the
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE bottle is a pun for ‘official promotion within days’ that conveys a wish
Ma Shaoxuan or Ma Family, 1908 for rising in rank. The poem on the reverse is the Tang dynasty poet
Of compressed form with a flat lip and oval foot rim surrounding a Yang Juyuan’s Springtime East of the Capital.
convex foot, one side painted with scholars pointing at the sun with
a four character inscription reading Zhi ri gao sheng, reversed by an 1908年 馬少宣或馬氏家族風格
inscription in regular script, dated wushen (1908), and signed Ma 玻璃內畫「指日高陞」圖鼻煙壺 《馬少宣》款
Shaoxuan with one painted artist’s seal.
2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
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