Two glass snuff bottles with inside painting - image-1

Lot 172 Dα

Two glass snuff bottles with inside painting

Auction 1072 - overview Cologne
10.06.2016, 10:00 - Asian Art - Highlights China, Tibet/Nepal
Estimate: 1.000 € - 1.200 €
Result: 1.364 € (incl. premium)

Two glass snuff bottles with inside painting

Two glass snuff bottles with inside painting of a) a scholar reading in a hut, verso with a quotation from "Qiusheng fu' by Ouyang Xiu, signed Ma Shaoxuan, dated autumn dingyou, and b) a mountainous landscape, verso with an inscription, inscribed Ma Shaoxuan, dated guimao. Both with stopper. (2)
Height a) and b) 6 cm

Provenance

a) Sotheby's, New York, 12.10.1993, lot 84