Lot Essay
Both Lü Wubing and xia nü are tales from the Liaozhai zhiyi (Strange Tales Recorded by the Studio of Idle Talk), a collection of love and ghost stories first published in 1679.
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SIGNED ZHANG BAOTIAN, GUIMAO, 1903
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED ZHANG BAOTIAN, GUIMAO, 1903
The bottle is decorated on either side with a different scene of a scholar in his studio, one side with a three-character name Lü Wubing, followed by a cyclical date, guimao, and the artist's signature, Zhang Baotian, and a seal possibly reading Tian yin (seal of Tian). The other side is inscribed with two characters, xia nü ('chivalrous lady').
2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
SIGNED ZHANG BAOTIAN, GUIMAO, 1903
The bottle is decorated on either side with a different scene of a scholar in his studio, one side with a three-character name Lü Wubing, followed by a cyclical date, guimao, and the artist's signature, Zhang Baotian, and a seal possibly reading Tian yin (seal of Tian). The other side is inscribed with two characters, xia nü ('chivalrous lady').
2 11/16 in. (6.9 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Robert Hall, London, 2011.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5267.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5267.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
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Margaret Gristina (葛曼琪)
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