US$ 3,000 - 5,000 CNY 20,000 - 34,000

14/3/2016

邦瀚斯(Bonhams)

纽约

Chinese Snuff Bottles from Two Private American Collections

An inside-painted glass snuff bottle Ma Shaoxuan or Ma Family ,1908
Ma Shaoxuan or Ma Family ,1908
Of compressed form with a flat lip and oval foot rim surrounding a convex foot ,one side painted with scholars pointing at the sun with a four character inscription reading Zhi ri gao sheng ,reversed by an inscription in regular script ,dated wushen (1908) ,and signed Ma Shaoxuan with one painted artist’s seal. 2 1/8in (5.4cm) high
注脚
The phrase 指日高陞 (zhi ri gao sheng) inscribed on the front of the bottle is a pun for ’official promotion within days’ that conveys a wish for rising in rank. The poem on the reverse is the Tang dynasty poet Yang Juyuan’s Springtime East of the Capital.
1908年 马少宣或马氏家族风格
玻璃内画「指日高陞」图鼻烟壶 《马少宣》款