Snuff Bottle
Artist
Ma Shaoxian
(Chinese, 1867 - 1939)
Date1935
MediumPaint on glass, glass stopper
Dimensions3 × 1 3/4 in. (7.6 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineGift of Charles and June Allen in memory of Hannah Cornelia Leffler
Object number2017.47.2
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SIGNED MA SHAOXIAN, DATED TO THE YIHAI YEAR (1935)
One side is decorated with two wrestling black huan below a three-character inscription, shuang huan tu, and the reverse has a lengthy poetic inscription followed by the artist's signature, Ma Shaoxian, the date, and a seal, Shao.
