Snuff bottle, glass, Xi Wang, 1971
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1971
Inside Painted Glass Snuff Bottle 'Carps Among Aquatic Plants' Signed Xi Wang, Yihuzhai Xinhai Year (1971). A fine hexagonal crystal like glass snuff bottle, the interior superbly painted with a continuous scene of black and orange carps and fish swimming among lotus leaves, water reeds and pebbles. The composition executed in delicate gong brushwork with subtle ink washes and touches of color.
Inscribed in four columns of elegant running script: "Xin Hai dong Mo xi wang zuo yu yihuzhai" - winter month of the Xinhai Year, made by xi wang at the one pot studio followed by one red seal. Surmounted by a latter fitted stopper. Height: 2 1/2 in (6.4 cm). Catalog note: The inscription and style place this bottle firmly within the circle of Wang Xisan (born: 1938), the preeminent master of 20th - century inside-painting and founder of the Hebei school. "Yihuzhai"-'one pot studio ' was his celebrated workshop in Beijing.
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Physical characteristics
- Material (listing wording)
- glass
- Dimensions or weight (listing wording)
- 2 in; 6.4 cm
Identification
- Source note
- Auction-house description published on Invaluable; the text keeps only the listing's object facts (condition, price and sale wording removed). Attribution and measurements describe the photographed example; independent type authentication remains research required.
- Candidate id
- inv-204725047
- Auction house
- Fine Estate Inc.
- Listing object ID
- 204725047
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