AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
This lot is offered without reserve.
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

SIGNED WANG BOWEN, DATED AUTUMN OF JIAXU (1994)

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED WANG BOWEN, DATED AUTUMN OF JIAXU (1994)
The bottle is brightly decorated with two elaborately dressed opera characters from the drama The Orphan of Zhao, one with a golden hat and large white beard (Zhao Dun), the other with feathered hat and black beard (Tu Angu). Each is identified by an inscription, one with the addition of a cyclical date, jiaxu (1994), and a signature, Wang Bowen.
2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high, quartz stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 2007.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 4632.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.

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