Bonhams 1793 : An inside-painted rock crystal 'Dream of the Red Chamber' snuff bottle Liu Shouben, dated 1996

Liu Shouben, dated 1996
Painted on one side with a scene of a lady sitting on a rock holding gardening tools and visited by a man carrying books, the other side with a lady visiting a seated man.
6cm high.

Sold for HK$ 10,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

Provenance 來源:
Y.F. Yang & Co., Hong Kong

Legend has it that the protagonist Lin Daiyu was so upset when the flowers wither, so she dug a grave for them. The inscription translates 'made by Liu Shouben, the finest of the Jing class, winter of 'bingzi' year (1996)', followed by a seal of the artist.

1996年劉守本水晶內畫「葬花圖」鼻煙壺