AN INSCRIBED INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘SCHOLARS’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1898
AN INSCRIBED INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘SCHOLARS’ SNUFF BOTTLE, BY SUN XINGWU, DATED 1898 China, Beijing. The rounded rectangular body supported on an oval splayed foot with a recessed base and rising to a sloped shoulder surmounted by a gently flared neck.
The interior skillfully painted, depicting on one side a scene of three scholars conversing beside a pine tree, while the reverse bears a lengthy poetic inscription corresponding to the scene on the front. Written by Sun Xingwu’. He began his career copying the work of Zhou Leyuan, which seems to have been the trend for artists in this field at the time. However, he very quickly established his own distinctive and highly competent style, which typically features a subdued use of color and a complete pictorial competence in painting the genre scenes he favored.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- glass
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Height 7 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements are the auction house’s statements about the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 199791343
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.