AN INSIDE PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE


Ma ShaoxuanOf upright form with a flat lip and supported by an oval foot rim, the interior painted to one side with flowers in a vase alongside a Taihu stone and penjing inscribed Fugui pingan (peace and prosperity), reversed by a thirty-two character poem in regular script, signed Ma Shaoxuan with a painted seal. 2 5/8in (6.6cm) high
|馬少宣作玻璃內畫「富貴平安」圖鼻煙壺 《馬少宣》款Provenance: William A Parker Jr.Erik Hancock, by repute (according to label)PublishedMoss, Snuff Bottles of China, London, 1971, p. 136-137, no 339Although this bottle is undated, Hugh Moss suggests a circa 1910 period of execution. A similar bottle by Ma Shaoxuan dated 1905, formerly in the collection of Madame Chao Chang Huaitung (1910-2002) was sold at Sotheby's 23 March 2004, lot 304.