AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE

ATTRIBUTED TO WANG XISAN, DATED TO THE FIRST MONTH OF SUMMER OF THE GENGXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1970

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AN INSIDE-PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE
ATTRIBUTED TO WANG XISAN, DATED TO THE FIRST MONTH OF SUMMER OF THE GENGXU YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1970
The bottle is painted on one side with a bird perched on a magnolia branch gazing down upon two bees. The reverse shows a dragonfly flittering above a blooming lotus plant next to an inscription with the date. The base is inscribed in blue ink Wang Xisan zuo (made by Wang Xisan).
2 1⁄4 in. (5.7 cm.) high, quartz stopper
Provenance
Robert Kleiner, London, 1992.
Rachelle R. Holden Collection, New York.

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