SIGNED MA SHAOXIAN, DATED AUTUMN OF JIAXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1935

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED 'LANDSCAPE' GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED MA SHAOXIAN, DATED AUTUMN OF JIAXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1935
The bottle is painted with a continuous scene depicting pavilions amongst willows and wutong trees in a mountainous river landscape. It is inscribed with the date, artist's name and a seal.
2 ½ in. (6.3 cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's South Kensington, 16 May 2012, Lot 779 (one of eleven).
Property of an important private Asian collector.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Ma Shaoxian, the nephew of the renowned inside-painted snuff bottle artist Ma Shaoxuan, likely worked with his uncle in the family workshop producing bottles to be sold with his uncle’s signature. From around 1899 to 1932, Shaoxian only sporadically signed his own name. Upon the retirement of his uncle, Shaoxian used his own signature.

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