A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS 'BOY AND WATER BUFFALO' SNUFF BOTTLE

A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS 'BOY AND WATER BUFFALO' SNUFF BOTTLE
EARLY 20TH CENTURY

One side is painted with a snowy scene with a boy and a water buffalo beneath two flying swallows, the reverse bears a calligraphic inscription describing the scene, signed Ma Guangjia and Shaoxuan, 6.2cm.

WITHOUT RESERVE
本拍品不設底價。

Provenance: from an English private collection, with a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop, dated 23rd October 1963.

二十世紀早期 馬少宣作玻璃內畫牧童水牛鼻煙壺
題識：慈約仁兄先生雅玩，溪邊寒食飛雙燕，
柳外斜陽有一牛，綠林野屋，花竹精神，
脫有形似，明月前身。弟馬光甲。
來源：英國私人收藏，1963年10月23日購於香港天和行古玩玉器 （附發票複印件）。

Ma Shaoxuan (1867–1939), also known as Ma Guangjia, one of the most technically accomplished artists of the Beijing School of Snuff Bottle Painting, is known for his figural scenes, monochromatic portraits, and depictions of collections of fragmentary paintings and calligraphic inscriptions, on his snuff bottles.