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Lot 293
Sale 785 - Chinese and Southeast Asian Works of Art
Sep 24, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$5,000 -
6,000
Price Realized
$4,250
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Lot Description
An Inside Painted Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle
SIGNED MA SHAOXUAN, DATED WUSHEN YEAR, CORRESPONDING TO 1908
戊申(1908)年 馬少宣作水晶內畫念書圖鼻煙壺
the rectangular bottle painted on one side depicting four boys reading books, the reverse with a poem, signed Ma Shaoxuan, followed by an artist's seal, Shaoxuan, dated the first month in winter in wu shen year (corresponding to year 1908), with a coral stopper.
the rectangular bottle painted on one side depicting four boys reading books, the reverse with a poem, signed Ma Shaoxuan, followed by an artist's seal, Shaoxuan, dated the first month in winter in wu shen year (corresponding to year 1908), with a coral stopper.
Height overall 2 5/8 in., 6.7 cm.
Property from a Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois