A inside-painted crystal 'auspicious objects' snuff bottle Liu Shouben
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An inside-painted rock crystal 'auspicious objects' snuff bottle
Liu Shouben
The oval-shaped body with one side painted with auspicious objects amongst rockworks, the other side with a traveller amongst hilly landscape.
4.2cm high.
Sold for HK$ 10,000 inc. premium

Footnotes

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

    Painted in homage to the late inside-painted snuff bottle artist Zhou Leyuan. The inscription translates 'made by Liu Shouben, the finest of the Jing class', followed by a seal of the artist.

    劉守本 水晶內畫「關羽擒將圖」鼻煙壺

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Modern inside-painted snuff bottles from private collections (lots 682-714)

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art

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