Lot Essay
The three-character title above the hawker may be translated: 'Resting the Shoulders.'.
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SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, DATED SPRING, DINGZI YEAR (1897), WRITTEN AT THE CAPITAL
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL BOTTLE
Signed Ma Shaoxuan, dated spring, dingzi year (1897), written at the capital
Of pear shape, painted with a hawker selling flowering boughs, the reverse with seven poetic lines describing the natural elements of spring, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high
Signed Ma Shaoxuan, dated spring, dingzi year (1897), written at the capital
Of pear shape, painted with a hawker selling flowering boughs, the reverse with seven poetic lines describing the natural elements of spring, stopper
2in. (5cm.) high
Provenance
Edmund F. Dwyer Collection.
Christie's, London, 12 October, 1987, lot 86.
Christie's, London, 12 October, 1987, lot 86.