AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEMa Shaoxuan Signed and dated dingsi year, corresponding to 1917 Ofpressed rounded rectangular shape, finely painted with a mountainous landscape with a solitary figure on a craft towards a retreat on the left, the reverse with a thirty-two character poetic inscription preceded by the date and followed by the artist's signature and seal Shaoxuan ; stopper. 2 1/4in (5.8cm) high 丁巳年（1917） 馬少宣 玻璃内畫春江碧水泛舟圖鼻烟壺 Provenance: A European Private Collection and thence by descent , London, 16 May 2013, lot 182 Exhibited: International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Convention, Waldorf Astoria, New York, 5-9 November 2013, no. 147 來源： 歐洲私人藏品，傳承於後人 倫敦邦瀚斯，2013年5月16日，拍品編號182 展覽： 國際中國鼻烟壺協會年會，紐約，2013年11月5-9日，號147 The poem on the reverse may be translated as: Folks dwell amid the blue mountains and green waters, Through azure moss and emerald pines, a narrow stone path descends. On the slope, the old lord returns, but empty handed, An idle wait for a solitary garden's blooming flowers.