An inside-painted rock crystal snuff bottle
An inside-painted rock crystal snuff bottle
Ma Shaoxuan, 1903
The pear-shaped bottle surmounted with a pair of faux lion mask-and-ring handles to the narrow sides, one main side painted with Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao seated on a crane bench with latticed crackled-ice railings and reading a book together, the reverse with an inscription referencing the sisters, dated kuimao san yue (March 1903), signed Ma Shaoxuan, with a seal cartouche painted in red.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
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An inside-painted rock crystal snuff bottle
Ma Shaoxuan, 1903
The pear-shaped bottle surmounted with a pair of faux lion mask-and-ring handles to the narrow sides, one main side painted with Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao seated on a crane bench with latticed crackled-ice railings and reading a book together, the reverse with an inscription referencing the sisters, dated kuimao san yue (March 1903), signed Ma Shaoxuan, with a seal cartouche painted in red.
2 3/4in (7cm) high
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