Lot Essay
The poem on the reverse by the Tang poet Li Bai, concerns detachment, the quintessence of Daoism.
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SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, DATED WUXU YEAR (1898), WITH ONE SEAL: SHAO
Details
A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS BOTTLE
Signed Ma Shaoxuan, dated wuxu year (1898), with one seal: Shao
Of rounded-rectangular form, painted with two scholars observing the sun while standing on a lawn with flowers, a twenty-four-character poem on the reverse, stopper
1 9/16in. (4cm.) high
Signed Ma Shaoxuan, dated wuxu year (1898), with one seal: Shao
Of rounded-rectangular form, painted with two scholars observing the sun while standing on a lawn with flowers, a twenty-four-character poem on the reverse, stopper
1 9/16in. (4cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collection of Janos Szekeres, 5 June 1987, lot 227.
Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong.
Mary and George Bloch Collection, Hong Kong.