AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘CAT’ SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
DATED 1959
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS ‘CAT’ SNUFF BOTTLE, BY WANG XISAN, CHINA, DATED 1959 Expert’s note: Between 1958 and 1962, Wang Xisan often used a simplified form of the character ‘Xi’ in his signature.
The flattened globular body raised on a short oval foot and surmounted by a cylindrical neck with flat lip, the shoulders well carved with lion masks suspending mock ring handles in high relief. Masterfully painted to one side with a cat in a rocky landscape amid blooming narcissus. The other side with a prancing cat chasing two butterflies. Inscriptions: To one side, signed ‘Wang Xisan’ and dated ‘ jihai nian zhongdong’ (mid-winter of 1959).
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- GLASS
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- Height including stopper 66 mm. Diameter neck 15 mm and mouth 8 mm.
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
- 182820798
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.