A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
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A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

SIGNED WANG XISAN, DATED TO THE JIACHEN YEAR (1964)

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A MINIATURE INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED WANG XISAN, DATED TO THE JIACHEN YEAR (1964)
One side is decorated with a kitten seated on a rock looking at a butterfly fluttering beneath an inscription reading mao (cat), followed in regular script by the date "made in the mid-winter of the jiachen year", and the seal of the artist. The other side has a lengthy inscription about the subject followed by the artist's signature, Wang Xisan, and his seal, yin.
1 ½ in. (3.5 cm.) high, jadeite stopper
Provenance
Kaynes-Klitz Collection.
Robert Kleiner, London, 2011.
Robert Hall, London, 2012.
Ruth and Carl Barron Collection, Belmont, Massachusetts, no. 5326.
Special notice
Items which contain rubies or jadeite originating in Burma (Myanmar) may not be imported into the U.S. As a convenience to our bidders, we have marked these lots with Y. Please be advised that a purchaser¹s inability to import any such item into the U.S. or any other country shall not constitute grounds for non-payment or cancellation of the sale. With respect to items that contain any other types of gemstones originating in Burma (e.g., sapphires), such items may be imported into the U.S., provided that the gemstones have been mounted or incorporated into jewellery outside of Burma and provided that the setting is not of a temporary nature (e.g., a string).

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