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Lot Essay
For a discussion of the artist Wang Xisan see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 1, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 273-275. The authors note, “As an artistic genius, Wang rapidly became one of the finest of all enamellers, both artistically and technically, that China has ever produced.” The artist paints glass snuff bottles and interior-painted snuff bottles, showing great artistry in both.
Wang’s earliest works from 1958 to the early 1960s are now amongst the rarest. For another bottle with an unusual subject of a qilin on one side and water buffalo on the reverse, dated to the same year as the present bottle (1960), see lot 236 in this catalogue.
Wang’s earliest works from 1958 to the early 1960s are now amongst the rarest. For another bottle with an unusual subject of a qilin on one side and water buffalo on the reverse, dated to the same year as the present bottle (1960), see lot 236 in this catalogue.