Ma Shaoxuan Signed and dated Wuxu year, corresponding to 1898Of rounded rectangular shape, painted on one main face with a kingfisher delicately balanced on the stem of a lotus pad amidst lightly-painted lotus flowers and other pads with two fish below and a title with seal above, the reverse with a well-written forty-character inscription, after the Song dynasty poet Zhou Dunyi, followed by the date, signature and a negative-script seal Xuan; stopper. 2 3/8in (6cm) high
戊戌年（1898） 馬少宣 玻璃内畫荷塘圖及周敦頤《愛蓮說》摘文鼻烟壺