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SIGNED WANG XISAN (1938 - )
Details
AN INSIDE-PAINTED AGATE SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED WANG XISAN (1938 - )
The bottle is decorated to one side with a continuous scene depicting a waterfall and a hut below snow-topped pine trees in a mountainous wintry landscape. The bottle is signed with the artist's name and one seal. The stone is of a translucent smoky tone.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
SIGNED WANG XISAN (1938 - )
The bottle is decorated to one side with a continuous scene depicting a waterfall and a hut below snow-topped pine trees in a mountainous wintry landscape. The bottle is signed with the artist's name and one seal. The stone is of a translucent smoky tone.
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high
Provenance
Property of an important private Asian collector.
Authenticated by Wang Xisan, private conversation with Margaret Polak.
Arts of China, purchased December 1984.
Bonhams San Francisco, 13 December 2010, lot 5060.
Property of an important private Asian collector.
Authenticated by Wang Xisan, private conversation with Margaret Polak.
Arts of China, purchased December 1984.
Bonhams San Francisco, 13 December 2010, lot 5060.
Property of an important private Asian collector.
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