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An inside-painted rock crystal snuff bottle
Ma Shaoxuan, 1896

16 December 2014, 10:00 PST
San Francisco

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An inside-painted rock crystal snuff bottle

Ma Shaoxuan, 1896
Its rounded body with sloping shoulders, rising to a straight short neck, flat rim, recessed oval foot, painted continuously in pleasant-hued colors depicting butterflies and flowers, one side inscribed huan tian xi di (happiness in heaven and earth), with a small square seal in red, the other side dated bing shen, corresponding to 1896, with a signature Ma Shaoxuan, vertical oval seal mark reading Shaoxuan.
1 3/4in (4.5cm) high

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