PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF KIM GREEN AN INSIDE-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLEMa Shaoxuan, dated jihai , corresponding to 1899 Of rectangular form with shoulders sloping to a cylindrical neck and with a neatly carved oval footrim, painted on the inside using ink and watercolors with on one side fan-tailed carp swimming among water weeds below an inscription reading yu yue yu yuan (fish leaping from the abyss), the reverse with a four-line poem matching the painted scene to symbolize the effort of an official elevating to a higher position, signed Ma Shaoxuan with one red seal; stopper. 2in (5.3cm) high 1899年 馬少宣 玻璃内畫魚躍于淵圖詩文鼻煙壺 Provenance: Eldred's Auction Gallery, MA, 27 August 2007 Kim Green (1958-2017) Collection, no. 104 來源： Eldred's Auction Gallery拍賣行，馬薩諸塞州，2007年8月27日 Kim Green（1958-2017）舊藏，藏品編號104 The snuff bottle world is fortunate to have the biography of Ma Shaoxuan (1867-1939) written by his grandson, Ma Zengshan, where the life of Ma has been pieced together by the remaining members of his family, together with some of his possessions and painting materials inherited by them. Ma Shaoxuan was born in 1867 and began painting professionally when he was eighteen. By 1897, Ma's work had reached its heights artistically and he was well known in Beijing both for his painting and his calligraphy.