An Inside Painted Glass 'Qiao Sisters' Snuff Bottle
Sale 1124 - Chinese & Himalayan Works of Art
Mar 28, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$6,300
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Lot Description
An Inside Painted Glass 'Qiao Sisters' Snuff Bottle
Ma Shaoxuan (1867-1939)
馬少宣（1867-1939）玻璃内畫二喬共讀鼻烟壺
款識：君臣江左著英稱，姐妹於今聲價增。猶幸未遭銅雀鎖，彩雲歌吹望西陵。乙亥（1935）仲夏于京師作。馬少宣。
印：少宣
painted on one side with the Qiao sisters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, the reverse inscribed with a poem, signed Ma Shaoxuan, deated lunar year yihai (1935), bearing Xuan seal; together with an agate cover.
款識：君臣江左著英稱，姐妹於今聲價增。猶幸未遭銅雀鎖，彩雲歌吹望西陵。乙亥（1935）仲夏于京師作。馬少宣。
印：少宣
painted on one side with the Qiao sisters, Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, the reverse inscribed with a poem, signed Ma Shaoxuan, deated lunar year yihai (1935), bearing Xuan seal; together with an agate cover.
Height 2 5/8 in., 6.66 cm.
Note:
For a similar example, please refer to Lot 102 sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong, Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X, Sale HK0576, May 31, 2015.
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