Lot 725
An Inside Painted Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle
POSSIBLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Height 2 3/4 inches.
Sale 397 - Asian Works of Art
Sep 21, 2015
4:59AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$1,500 -
2,500
Price Realized
$9,375
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Lot Description
An Inside Painted Rock Crystal Snuff Bottle
POSSIBLY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
the bottle of flattened shield form raised on a short oval foot, the front painted to depict a portrait of Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) dressed in uniform with medallions to the left chest and wearing a tall hat, the reverse with inscriptions followed by a signature of Ma Shaoxuan(1867-1939) and a red seal Shaoxuan, having a rose quartz stopper.
Height 2 3/4 inches.
Property from a Midwest Collector
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