Ma Shaoxuan, 1911, 1903 Each of rounded rectangular shape, and each painted on one main face with a landscape scene inscribed as after Wang Hui, one, the wider bottle with a winter scene with figures and buildings, the other with a mountainous lakeside view, the first with a thirty-two character inscription on the other main face preceded by the cyclical date xinhai year corresponding to 1911 and followed by the signature and seal Shaoxuan, the second with differing thirty-two character inscription preceded by the cyclical date guimao corresponding to 1903. 2 3/8in (6.1cm) high, each, one of wider size, one with stopper (2).Footnotes1903年 馬少宣 玻璃內畫山水詩文鼻煙壺 1911年 馬少宣 玻璃內畫雪景詩文鼻煙壺 For other bottles with similar mountain lakeside views to the bottle dated 1903, see Humphrey K.F. Hui and Christopher C.H. Sin, An Imperial Qing Tradition, An Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles from the Collections of Humphrey K.F. Hui and Christopher C.H. Sin, Hong Kong, 1994, p. 191, no. 226; and Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 4, Part 2, Inside Painted, pp. 378-380, no. 580; and Humphrey K.F. Hui, Lai Suk Yee and Peter Y.K. Lam, Inkplay in Microcosm, Inside-painted Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Humphrey K.F. Hui Collection, Art Museum, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002, no's. 33 and 34. The winter scene depicted on the second bottle dated to 1911, appears to be exceedingly rare, if not unique, in Ma's oeuvre.