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Lisa, I'll have to work these in between some other chores I have coming up. The inscription on the inside-painted bottle in the top picture has a signature of Ma Shaoxuan (馬少宣). Ma (B 1869 - D 1939) was a well known snuff bottle artist and subject of a book shown at the following link to the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society website:
http://www.snuffbottle.org/zh_hant/books/inside-painted-snuff-bottle-artist-ma-shaoxuan-(1869-1939),-a-biography-and-study.aspx
I'm not a member myself, but I've seen the Society commended by others in the forum as a good place to lodge queries about bottles. You might find help there in determining whether this bottle is consistent with Wang's style and body of work.
More later,
Bill H.
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