AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE

SIGNED MA SHAOXIAN, DATED ELEVENTH MONTH OF THE JISI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1929

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE
SIGNED MA SHAOXIAN, DATED ELEVENTH MONTH OF THE JISI YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1929
Of rounded, rectangular shape, painted on one side with an equestrian warrior brandishing a halberd, the reverse finely inscribed in clerical script with an excerpt from Li Bai's Preface of Spring Night Banquet, jadeite stopper
2 3/8 in. (6 cm.) high

Provenance

Property from the late Dr. and Mrs. Louis E. Wolferz; Sotheby's, New York, 3 October 1980, lot 132.

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Lot Essay

It seems likely that Ma Shaoxian, the nephew of Ma Shaoxuan, worked with his uncle producing studio paintings for many years, only rarely putting out bottles under his own name. Compare the bottle by Ma Shaoxian, dated 1899 and painted with boys at play, from the Blanche B. Exstein Collection, sold in these rooms, 21 March 2002, lot 90.

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