TWO INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
TWO INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
20th century
The first painted to one side with a scene of two boys with fighting crickets while a third watches and holds a cricket cage, the other side dated jisi (1929), inscribed with a poem by the Song dynasty poet Cai Que, signed Ma Shaoxian with one painted seal reading Shaoxian; the second with one side of the interior painted with the immortal Liu Hai playfully teasing his three-legged toad, the other side dated yisi (1905) and inscribed with a poem about the immortal, signed Ma Shaoxuan with one painted seal reading Shaoxuan.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high, the taller (２).
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TWO INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
20th century
The first painted to one side with a scene of two boys with fighting crickets while a third watches and holds a cricket cage, the other side dated jisi (1929), inscribed with a poem by the Song dynasty poet Cai Que, signed Ma Shaoxian with one painted seal reading Shaoxian; the second with one side of the interior painted with the immortal Liu Hai playfully teasing his three-legged toad, the other side dated yisi (1905) and inscribed with a poem about the immortal, signed Ma Shaoxuan with one painted seal reading Shaoxuan.
2 1/2in (6.4cm) high, the taller (２).
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