A CHINESE INSIDE PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE SIGNED BY WANG...

Estimate

£500 - £1,000

A CHINESE INSIDE PAINTED CRYSTAL SNUFF BOTTLE SIGNED BY WANG XISAN

dated 1974, decorated with children playing in a snowy landscape, some throwing snowballs, others with a sled, 7cm high overall

Provenance: Sotheby's, Important Chinese Snuff Bottles, 6th June 1988, Lot 326.

The Dick Hardy Collection.

Note: Born in 1938, Wang Xisan (Wang Ruicheng) was the star pupil of Ye Bengqi, the son of Ye Zhongsan, the artist who revitalized the Beijing school of painting in the late 1950s. For a discussion on the artist Wang Xisan see Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, the Mary and George Bloch Collection, Volume 6, Part 1, Hong Kong, 2008, pp. 273-275. The author's note, “As an artistic genius, Wang rapidly became one of the finest of all enamellers, both artistically and technically, that China has ever produced.” The artist paints glass snuff bottles and interior-painted snuff bottles, showing great artistry in both.