Title: Dragon Bottle Post by: George on April 20, 2016, 11:11:02 pm Still a bit quiet, so will share a bottle... To be honest, not entirely sure what I have...
Five clawed Cobalt blue dragon, with an almost pink rather than red glaze within the flames and waves. Quite a bit of pitting or bubbles through out the cobalt blue only. The glaze seems thick with no wear. Also a few dark kiln pitting spots. Pretty large bottle at 3 3/4" , Ch'ien Lung mark .. The head reminds me of Gaungxu style dragons. Maybe Early 20th ? Title: Re: Dragon Bottle Post by: Steven on April 21, 2016, 12:11:03 am Hi George,
Thank you for sharing. I have seen this kind of bottle once a while, always curious what its.:) After seeing your photos with details. I personally think its a late 20th bottle, the dragon was not even painted but printed on as a sticker. attached you can find the clue of it being printed. Steven Title: Re: Dragon Bottle Post by: George on April 21, 2016, 12:37:46 am Good eye as usual Steven ! The idea of this being applied crossed my mind, but now can understand after your macro pic.. I thought themes were applied as a whole over a porcelain piece, not individual little parts of the theme separately.. So since I did not see a seam any place, crossed the idea of applied sticker/print off the list..
Thank you Steven ! |