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Custom hand painted snuff bottle set "Outlaws of the Marsh" painted by Li Yamin

$ 4224

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Provenance: Ownership History Available
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Culture: Cinese
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: China
  • Modified Item: No
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    "Shui Hu Zhuan", "Outlaws of the Marsh", and "All Men are Brothers"
    Trad
    itional Chinese
    水滸傳
    Simplified Chinese
    水浒传
    Literal meaning
    "Water Margin Story"
    Transcriptions
    Water Margin
    is a 14th-century Chinese novel attributed to
    Shi Nai'an
    . It is also translated as
    Outlaws of the Marsh
    and
    All Men Are Brothers
    .
    [note 1]
    Considered one of the
    Four Great Classical Novels
    of
    Chinese literature
    , the novel is written in
    vernacular Chinese
    rather than
    literary Chinese
    .
    [1]
    The story, set in the closing years of the
    Northern Song
    dynasty, tells of how a group of 108 outlaws gather at
    Mount Liang
    (or Liangshan Marsh) to form a sizable army before they are eventually granted amnesty by the government and sent on campaigns to resist foreign invaders (
    Liao
    ) and suppress rebel forces (
    Fang La
    ). It has introduced readers to many of the best-known characters in Chinese literature, such as
    Wu Song
    ,
    Lin Chong
    ,
    Pan Jinlian
    ,
    Song Jiang
    and
    Lu Zhishen
    .
    Since there are 108 characters in this Chinese classic, twenty seven four sided bottles were custom carved from man made crystal for this project. Li Yaming, niece of master inside painting artist Li Shouxun, then began the over two year project to paint each of these famous characters inside these bottles; one per bottle side. The result was this one of a kind creation offered from my collection. Feel free to inquire for more details or investigate further on the web site snuff bottle collector.
    Overseas shipping will be considered - ask as this is will be a heavy shipment.