Bonhams 1793 : An inside-painted crystal 'gathering at the Orchid Pavilion' snuff bottle Liu Shouben, dated 1996

Liu Shouben, dated 1996
Painted with a continuous scene of scholars sitting in a pavilion and in the garden engaging in scholarly pursuits, a group of young servants serving tea by sending trays floating down a stream.
5.4cm high.

Sold for HK$ 52,500 inc. premium

Footnotes

劉守本，1996丙子年作水晶內畫「蘭亭集序」鼻煙壺

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

Lanting Xu or 'Preface to the Poems Collected from the Orchid Pavilion' is a famous calligraphy by Wang Xizhi, composed in 353. The inscription translates 'made by Liu Shouben, the finest of the Jing class, autumn of 'bingzi' year (1996)', followed by a seal of the artist.