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SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, BEIJING, DATED WUWU (1918)
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, BEIJING, DATED WUWU (1918)
The bottle is decorated on one side with a winter landscape of a scholar seated astride a donkey and accompanied by his attendant below an inscription, and the reverse with a calligraphic inscription referring to the scene, followed by a signature, Ma Shaoxuan, and a red seal, 'Shaoxuan'.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, BEIJING, DATED WUWU (1918)
The bottle is decorated on one side with a winter landscape of a scholar seated astride a donkey and accompanied by his attendant below an inscription, and the reverse with a calligraphic inscription referring to the scene, followed by a signature, Ma Shaoxuan, and a red seal, 'Shaoxuan'.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high, glass stopper
Provenance
Bernie Wald, New York.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2772.
Vanessa F. Holden Collection, New York, 1999.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 2772.
Exhibited
Boston, International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, The Barron Collection, 23-26 September 2008.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.