US$ 6,875 (CNY 46,137) 包括佣金

14/3/2016

邦瀚斯(Bonhams)

纽约

Chinese Snuff Bottles from Two Private American Collections

An inside-painted glass snuff bottle Wang Xisan ,dated Year of the Rooster ,1981
Wang Xisan ,dated Year of the Rooster ,1981
The rounded rectangular bottle flanked with two faux lion mask-and-ring handles in high relief ,separating two similar paintings to the front and verso ,each portraying roosters ,rocks ,and large peony blossoms; one side titled Bao Xiao Tu (Announcing the Daybreak) ,signed Wang Xisan ,with one seal mark ,the other side with a dedicatory inscription ,signed ,two red seal marks. 2 3/8in (6.1cm) high
注脚
The dedication inscription on the bottle reads Ying Liu Yuechu nushi zhu ji’nian hua Xiongji Tu. It can be translated as ’Portrayal of Roosters are painted upon the request of Madam Liu Yuechu in the Year of Rooster’.
Each of the Chinese zodiac signs rotates every twelve years. Without a specific context ,the dating can indicate 1969 ,1981 ,1993 ,etc. See the forward in the exhibition catalog entitled Great Master Boutique Exhibition Wang Xisan published in 2011 ,p. 5 ,for a note about Joanna Lau Sullivan’s first meeting with Wang Xisan in 1981. The present bottle is among the commissioned works in Joanna’s collection that was painted for her to celebrate the Year of Rooster ,her birth year.
1981年 王习三作 玻璃内画报晓图鼻烟壶
《于一壶斋习三》款