AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
signed ma shaoxuan, bearing a cyclical date bingwu corresponding to ad 1906 and of the period

Of rounded rectangular shape, one side painted with a black elephant bathing in front of a bridge, the reverse with a poem, the signature and date, some painting rubbed, stopper

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The inscription may be translated, First month of spring, Bing Wu year: Heaven and Earth are the inn of the myriad things, and Time is the passing guest of the hundred ages, and thus floating through life like a dream we are happy. How many of the ancients, grasping candles, possessed the means to travel by night? [signed] Ma Shaoxuan

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