9078
AN INSIDE PAINTED ‘HUNDRED BUTTERFLIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO MA SHAOXUAN
LATE-QING

Of compressed rectangular form rising to a cylindrical neck from a wide protruding footrim, the interior exquisitely carved with the scene of six butterflies flittering amidst blossoming flowers of the spring, further inscribed with Huan tian xi di, zuo yu jing shi on the top, the reverse with further inscriptions, followed by one seal of the artist.

H: 7.5 cm

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000
313,000 - 469,000
10,300 - 15,500
Sold Price
96,000
372,093
12,387

Ravenel Spring Auction 2014 Hong Kong

9078

AN INSIDE PAINTED ‘HUNDRED BUTTERFLIES’ SNUFF BOTTLE, ATTRIBUTED TO MA SHAOXUAN
LATE-QING


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The inscriptions read:
Filled with great joy and delight 歡天喜地
Painted in Beijing 作於京師
Dated to the bingshen year of mid spring, corresponding to 1896 丙申仲春
Spring signifies the renewal of life and the soul. 百樣精神百樣春
It is tranquil and dustless. 小園深處靜無塵。
The magnificence of the blossoms captures the essence of nature 筆花妙得天然趣,
This is not the dream of the ordinary man 不是尋常夢裡人。
Hundred of butterflies 題百蝶圖
Ma Shaoxuan 馬少宣

PROVENANCE:
Sotheby’s London, 5 November 1998, Lot 652.
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