An inside-painted glass 'leopards and tigers' snuff bottle
Wang Xiangjun, dated 1989
Of compressed globular form with rounded shoulders below the cylindrical neck, surmounted on a wide oval base, the interior finely painted with a forest scene of three recumbent tigers drinking from a river bank, the reverse with a pair of leopards resting on the promontory above a water stream, the top left corner with kaishu inscriptions and painted seal mark of the artist.
7.6cm high.
Of compressed globular form with rounded shoulders below the cylindrical neck, surmounted on a wide oval base, the interior finely painted with a forest scene of three recumbent tigers drinking from a river bank, the reverse with a pair of leopards resting on the promontory above a water stream, the top left corner with kaishu inscriptions and painted seal mark of the artist.
7.6cm high.
Estimate:
HK$ 5,000 - 8,000
US$ 640 - 1,000
£410 - 660
US$ 640 - 1,000
£410 - 660
Footnotes
- Provenance 來源:
Agatha and Irving Aronson collection
1989年 王相君 玻璃內畫竹溪雙豹圖鼻煙壺
Lot heading
Modern inside-painted snuff bottles from private collections (lots 682-714)
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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