AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

Details

AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE
SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN AND DATED WINTER DAY OF GENGXU YEAR, AT THE CAPITAL, CORRESPONDING TO 1910, AND OF THE PERIOD

Of rounded rectangular shape, depicting two figures on a pathway pulling a rope attached to a boat in a river landscape, a sailboat in the distance below a short inscription, the reverse with a five-line inscription including the date, signature and seal, small neck flaw, stopper

Provenance

Janos Szekeres Collection
Sotheby's, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Janos Szekeres, Part I, New York, October 27, 1986, lot 228

Further details

See illustration preceding page

Lot Essay

The inscription on the reverse is a Tang poem. The river scene on the reverse is painted in the brushwork style of Wang Hui (1632-1717)

For another example, dated 1900, see Sotheby's, Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Arthur Gadsby, Hong Kong, May 2, 1991, lot 183