Two inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Two inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Liu Ziyi, Wang Qian, 1981
Both dated xinyou (1981), the first a compressed globular bottle, one side painted with four gentlemen engaged in scholarly leisure, signed Liu Ziyi with two seals, the reverse inscribed with a Tang dynasty poem in the running script style known to Gong Xian; the second an elongated bottle painted in a muted color combination with the Eighteen Luohan, signed Wang Qian with two seals, titled, and with a long inscription.
2 3/4 and 3 1/4in (7 and 8.3cm) high
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Two inside-painted glass snuff bottles
Liu Ziyi, Wang Qian, 1981
Both dated xinyou (1981), the first a compressed globular bottle, one side painted with four gentlemen engaged in scholarly leisure, signed Liu Ziyi with two seals, the reverse inscribed with a Tang dynasty poem in the running script style known to Gong Xian; the second an elongated bottle painted in a muted color combination with the Eighteen Luohan, signed Wang Qian with two seals, titled, and with a long inscription.
2 3/4 and 3 1/4in (7 and 8.3cm) high