Bruce Maclaren
Global Head, Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy
Lot 134
Four INSIDE PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES 20th/21st century
21 September 2020, 12:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$6,950 inc. premium
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Dessa Goddard
Senior Vice President, US Head, Asian Art Group
Four INSIDE PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLES
20th/21st century
The first of upright rectangular form, with a flat lip and a rectangular foot rim, fixed ring mask handles to the sides, one face with a portrait of Monk Yixing, and inscribed with the monk's name in clerical script and signed Liu Shouben (born 1943) with a painted artist's seal, reversed by a portrait of Qian Yi, with the subjects name in clerical script; the second bottle of upright rectangular form one side painted with a lounging woman with caged birds and dated xinmao (2011) and signed Lu Jianguang with two artist's seals, reversed by a painting of a woman reading a book, signed Jianguang with an artist's seal, with another artist's seal on the foot; the third bottle of rounded rectangular form, painted on one side with a portrait of Xun Kuang (Xunzi), his name in clerical script, reversed by a bird on a branch, dated jiayin (1974), the fourth bottle with a scene of figures in a landscape, dated gengwu (1990) and signed Liu Shouben with a painted artist's seal.
3 1/8in (8cm) high, the tallest (4).
The first of upright rectangular form, with a flat lip and a rectangular foot rim, fixed ring mask handles to the sides, one face with a portrait of Monk Yixing, and inscribed with the monk's name in clerical script and signed Liu Shouben (born 1943) with a painted artist's seal, reversed by a portrait of Qian Yi, with the subjects name in clerical script; the second bottle of upright rectangular form one side painted with a lounging woman with caged birds and dated xinmao (2011) and signed Lu Jianguang with two artist's seals, reversed by a painting of a woman reading a book, signed Jianguang with an artist's seal, with another artist's seal on the foot; the third bottle of rounded rectangular form, painted on one side with a portrait of Xun Kuang (Xunzi), his name in clerical script, reversed by a bird on a branch, dated jiayin (1974), the fourth bottle with a scene of figures in a landscape, dated gengwu (1990) and signed Liu Shouben with a painted artist's seal.
3 1/8in (8cm) high, the tallest (4).
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二十/二十一世紀 玻璃內畫人物鼻煙壺四隻
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