PROPERTY FROM AN OREGON PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE OF WANG ZHENGTING BY MA SHAOXUAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Lot Closed
June 24, 04:35 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE OF WANG ZHENGTING
BY MA SHAOXUAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
二十世紀初 馬少宣作玻璃內畫王正廷肖像鼻煙壺
stopper (2)
Height 2¼ in., 5.7 cm
Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Louis E. Wolferz.
Sotheby's New York, 3rd November 1982, lot 242.
Emily Byrne Curtis, Reflected Glory in a Bottle, New York, 1980, pl. 86.
Ma Zengshan, Inside-Painted Snuff Bottle Artist Ma Shaoxuan (1867-1939): A Biography and Study, Baltimore, 1997, pl. 67.
Wang Zhengting (1882-1661) was the Minister of Industry and Commerce in Yuan Shikai's cabinet.