λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL 'PANDA' SNUFF BOTTLE

λ A CHINESE INTERIOR-PAINTED ROCK CRYSTAL 'PANDA' SNUFF BOTTLE
20TH CENTURY

Signed Shouben, 5.8cm.

WITHOUT RESERVE
本拍品不設底價。

With a copy of an invoice for The Little Shop.

One side decorated with a pair of ducklings in a pond, the reverse with a pair of giant pandas amidst a bamboo grove.

Liu Shouben (1943–2022) was an early student of Ye Bengqi and his brother Ye Xiaofeng, founders of the modern Beijing School of Snuff Bottle Painting in the 1950s. He remained the leading figure of the Beijing School after Wang Xisan departed for Hebei to establish his own school.

From an English private collection, with a copy of an undated invoice for The Little Shop.