An inside-painted agate 'tiger' snuff bottle
Wang Xisan, dated 1976 (the bottle 1760-1870)
Of flattened rounded form raised on a short oval foot ring, finely painted on one side with a man by a riverbank, the reverse with a man on a bridge, inscribed with one seal of the artist.
8cm high.
Of flattened rounded form raised on a short oval foot ring, finely painted on one side with a man by a riverbank, the reverse with a man on a bridge, inscribed with one seal of the artist.
8cm high.
Sold for
HK$ 90,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 瑪瑙內畫老虎圖鼻煙壺
王習三，1976年作(壺：1760-1870)
Provenance來源:
Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong
The four-character inscription 'shangjun zhixiang' can be translated 'This is the real image of the Lord of the Mountain'.
Lot heading
Wang Xisan inside-painted snuff bottles from a private Australian collection (lots 301-306)
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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