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March 28, 2024, 04:03:44 am
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Underglazed Blue and Copper Red Designs

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« Reply #20 on: February 28, 2013, 04:06:10 pm »

Dear Joey,
if I were forced to choose one of your dragon bottles I would be in serious difficulty. Each one is over the top.
The number 7 is different from the others because it is not a dragon as we generally know them. It is a qilong, although a bit strange one. The qilong or "water dragon" has that face and a slender body, and it is especially recognized by the bifurcated tail. Your one is a bit odd because generally the qilong has no horn. But for sure a super bottle.
Dear Charll, I understand that, but what I mean is the same that happens for example with the hair of the dragon. I don't know how to say it in English. In Italian we say "sfumatura" a tone that progressively change in density, for example the grey tones that are going from black to white, we say that the black "sfuma" into the white. If you take a single hair of the dragon it starts dense and then the color goes progressively lighter toward the tip. So I suppose that what you have on the scales are just light hints of copper red; it is just a supposition.
Kind regards
Giovanni

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