CHINE, SIGNEE MA SHAOXUAN, DATEE DE L'ETE, DU SIXIEME MOIS DE L'ANNEE JI HAI (1899), AVEC UN CACHET SHAOXUAN

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TABATIERE EN CRISTAL DE ROCHE
CHINE, SIGNEE MA SHAOXUAN, DATEE DE L'ETE, DU SIXIEME MOIS DE L'ANNEE JI HAI (1899), AVEC UN CACHET SHAOXUAN
De forme rectangulaire aux angles arrondis, l'intérieur peint sur une face des deux soeurs Qiao, Da Qiao et Xiao Qiao, assises sur un banc, lisant un livre, le revers agrémenté d'une longue inscription signée Ma Shaoxuan, Eté, sixième mois de l'année Ji Hai (1899), avec un cachet Shaoxuan, le bouchon en jadéite
Hauteur avec le bouchon: 7 cm. (2¾ in.)

Provenance

Edward C. O'Dell, Baltimore, Maryland, 1st June 1977.

Special notice

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Further details

AN INSIDE-PAINTED ROCK-CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
CHINA, SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, DATED SUMMER, THE SIXTH MONTH OF THE JI HAI YEAR (1899), WITH ONE SEAL SHAOXUAN

Lot Essay

This well-known scene of the two Qiao sisters, famous for their legendary beauty, is taken from the classic, Sanguo yanyi (Romance of the Three Kingdoms). For a discussion of this subject, see G. G. Laverlochere, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Source of Snuff Bottle Subjects,' Journal, The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, Spring, 1988, pp.12-13.
For two similar bottles painted with the Qiao sisters, one dated 1895 and the other dated 1900, see H. Moss, Snuff Bottles of China, London 1971, pp.136-137, nos. 338 and 347 respectively. The latter bottle, dated 1900, was part of the Reif Collection, and sold in our New York Rooms, 18 October 1993, lot 202.

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