AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS 'TAIGONG WANG' SNUFF BOTTLE

Wang Xisan, cyclically dated to the Xinhai Year corresponding to 1971, and of the period

Footnotes

辛亥（1971年） 王習三作茶晶內畫「秋江夜泊圖」鼻烟壺

Provenance:
Robert Kleiner, London, late 1990s (by repute)
Youran Zhai Collection, Hong Kong

來源:
倫敦Robert Kleiner，1990年代末（據藏家）
香港悠然齋珍藏

For a discussion of the artist Wang Xisan see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 1, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 273-275. The authors note, "As an artistic genius, Wang rapidly became one of the finest of all enamellers, both artistically and technically, that China has ever produced." The artist shows great artistry in painting both glass snuff bottles and interior-painted snuff bottles. For other examples of inside-painted snuff bottles by the artist see Chinese Snuff Bottles in The Collection of Mary and George Bloch, British Museum, London, 1995, pp.662-665.


王習三（1938-），中國當代工藝美術大師，師從葉派內畫葉菶祺和葉曉峰門下，於1967年創立冀派內畫，作品設色協調雅致，佈局嚴謹得當，且題材廣泛有山水、人物、花卉、蟲草等。更多關於王習三的介紹，參看Moss, Graham, Tsang編《A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 6, Part 1》，香港，2008年，頁273-275。另可比較三件同作者的內畫鼻烟壺，見Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Snuff Bottles in the Collection of Mary and George Bloch》，大英博物館，倫敦，1995年，頁662-665。