AN INSIDE PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLE

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AN INSIDE PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL BOTTLE
1815-1840

Of rounded rectangular shape, delicately painted in the style of the four Wangs of the 17th century with a figure crossing a bridge in a rocky river landscape, the reverse plain, flaw above the figure, stopper

Lot Essay

This bottle is somewhat similar to those attributed to the hand of Gan Xuanwen of the Lingnan School. For other examples see Robert W. L. Kleiner, Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, pp. 185-187, figs. 248-250