Lot Essay
See Ma Zengsan, ibid, pp. 58-61, for a discussion of Prince Su and the connection to Ma Shaoxuan.
SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN AND DATED XINHAI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1911
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE
Signed Ma Shaoxuan and Dated Xinhai Year, Corresponding to 1911
Of rounded rectangular shape, one side painted with a portrait of Prince Su, the other with inscriptions, foot chip, mouth flake, stopper
26in. (5.8cm.) high
Signed Ma Shaoxuan and Dated Xinhai Year, Corresponding to 1911
Of rounded rectangular shape, one side painted with a portrait of Prince Su, the other with inscriptions, foot chip, mouth flake, stopper
26in. (5.8cm.) high
Literature
Emily Byrne Curtis, Reflected Glory in a Bottle, New York, 1980, pp. 38-40, fig. 54
Ma Zengsan, Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle Artist, Ma Shaoxuan, Baltimore, 1997, p. 60, fig. 48
Ma Zengsan, Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle Artist, Ma Shaoxuan, Baltimore, 1997, p. 60, fig. 48