AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE MA SHAOXUAN, GUANGXU PERIOD, DATED TO THE YIWEI YEAR (1895)

of rounded rectangular form, finely painted on the interior with flowers and butterflies, inscribed Huan Tian Xi Di Yiwei Dongzhi Yue Zuo ('Happily made during the winter month of the Yiwei year'), in accordance with 1895, and signed with two red seals

Please note that this bottle is made of rock crystal and not glass. There is a vertical flaw (1 cm.) in the crystal to the left of the larger butterfly on one side (showing on the illustration in the catalogue) as well as some light occasional rubbing to the painting. Otherwise the bottle is in good condition.
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