AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS 'WANG ZHAOJUN' SNUFF BOTTLE
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1909
AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS 'WANG ZHAOJUN' SNUFF BOTTLE Signed Meng Zishou, dated to the Summer of the Jiyou year corresponding to 1909 and of the period Painted with two warriors on horseback jousting with each other in a mountainous landscape, with inscription and signature of the artist, the reverse with Wang Zhaojun on horseback led by a groom and with a banner lady in attendance, stopper.
6.8cm (2 5/8in) high. (2). The present lot depicts Wang Zhaojun, one of the 'four beauties of ancient China', being escorted to the frontier to marry Chanyu Huhanye of the Xiongnu empire in order to establish friendly relations with the Han dynasty. Meng Zishou, who also went by the name Meng Zhaoxun, is another of the artists of the Beijing School of Zhou Leyuan. During his career, the influence of Ma Shaoxuan and Ye Zhongsan become obvious from 1905 onwards, but in his first year he seems to have been the only artist to hark back to the literati beginnings of the art for his inspiration.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- GLASS
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high
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
- 165186404
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.