SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN AND DATED REN YIN YEAR CORRESPONDING TO 1902

For another similarly painted bottle by Ma Shaoxuan dated 1929 from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Louis E. Walferz, see Sotheby's, New York, 15 March 1984, lot 330.

For another Ma Shaoxuan bottle dated 1904 depicting four boys playing a card or chess-game formerly in the Kaynes-Klitz Collection, see Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 May 1996, lot 1296