Chinese inside-painted smoky quartz snuff bottle
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
20th century
A Chinese inside-painted smoky quartz snuff bottle, 20th century, the compressed pear-shaped body decorated with a fisherman by a lake, the reverse with a farmer riding on a buffalo's back, signed Wang Xisan (b.1938), the stopper with a coral cabochon (7cm high)
Born in 1938, Wang Xisan (Wang Ruicheng) was a pupil of Ye Bengqi, son of the celebrated Beijing school artist Ye Zhongsan. From the late 1950s, Wang developed a highly accomplished practice in both enamelled glass and inside-painted snuff bottles, establishing a distinctive style characterised by refined technique and a sophisticated pictorial vocabulary.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- smoky quartz
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 7cm high
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable. Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Listing object ID
- 207016830
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Independent confirmation of type attribution and auction-house statements remains research required.