拍品專文
For a similar depiction of this famous scene by Ma Shaoxuan see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1987, col.pl. 290; Lilla S. Perry, Chinese Snuff Bottles, Japan, 1960, col.pl. 138; and Soame Jenyns, Chinese Art III, 1982, no. 2018, for an example from the British Museum, London
Another similar bottle was sold Sotheby's London, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, April 24, 1989, lot 415
This scene depicting the two Qiao sisters, Daqiao and Erqiao, is taken from San Guo Yan Yi (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms). For further discussion of this subject see an article by Gayle Gray Laver Lochere, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Source of Snuff Bottle Subjects", The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journal, Spring, 1988, pp. 12-13
Another similar bottle was sold Sotheby's London, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles, April 24, 1989, lot 415
This scene depicting the two Qiao sisters, Daqiao and Erqiao, is taken from San Guo Yan Yi (The Romance of the Three Kingdoms). For further discussion of this subject see an article by Gayle Gray Laver Lochere, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Source of Snuff Bottle Subjects", The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journal, Spring, 1988, pp. 12-13