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Property from the Bentley Collection, London, United Kingdom
Lot 7192

An inside-painted glass snuff bottle
Ma Shaoxian, 1899

23 June 2015, 10:00 PDT
San Francisco

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An inside-painted glass snuff bottle

Ma Shaoxian, 1899
The rounded rectangular bottle rising to a cylindrical neck, flat lip, splayed oval foot ring, the interior painted with a continuous scene depicting boys at play under a willow, one side dated jihai (1899), signed Ma Shaoxian, with a red seal mark reading Shao.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high

Footnotes

Provenance:
the Bentley Collection, U.K.
Belfont Co. Ltd. (Robert Kleiner)
Thomas Van Nuys, San Francisco

Illustrated:
Asian Art Studio, Inc., The Bentley Collection of Chinese Snuff Bottles, 2008, p. 73

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