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6073
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS
SNUFF BOTTLE
Ma Shaoxuan, 1914
Of compressed form with a flat lip and oval
foot rim surrounding a convex foot, one
side painted with the legendary Eastern
Han dynasty figure Zuo Ci indicated by the
two-character inscription, the reverse with
an inscription related to Zuo Ci, dated jiayin
(1914) and signed Ma Shaoxuan with one
painted seal.
2 1/4in (5.7cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
1914年 馬少宣作 玻璃內畫左慈像鼻煙壺
《馬少宣》款
6073 (two views)
6074
AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL
SNUFF BOTTLE
Ma Family, 1898
The rounded rectangular bottle supported
on a spreading oval foot, its neck flaring
towards a flat lip, the interior painted to one
side with a scholar pointing at a potted plant,
his attendant holding a water pot squatting
by another flower pot, the top inscribed with
a two-line poem echoing the painted theme,
followed with a seal reading Shaoxuan, the
reverse dated wuxu (1898), inscribed with a
poem, with a signature Ma Shaoxuan and an
additional Shaoxuan seal mark.
2 1/2in (6cm) high
$3,000 - 5,000
The poem describes a lively spring scene
with people enjoying the colors and the
pleasure that the season brings.
Compare a very similarly painted snuff
bottle, inscribed with a different poem to the
reverse side, signed Ma Shaoxuan, from the
Collection of Margaret Polak, sold in our New
York rooms, 24 March 2010, sale 18369, lot
169.
1898年 馬氏家族風格 玻璃內畫仕人賞花圖 6074 (two views)
鼻煙壺 《馬少宣》款
CHINESE SNUFF BOTTLES FROM TWO AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS | 55
