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Charll shared this beautiful Xianfeng (1851-1861) dated bottle depicting NeZha combating the Dragon King amongst a rolling sea of blue and eight mythical sea creatures.


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Underglazed Blue and Copper Red Designs

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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« Reply #40 on: February 27, 2015, 04:45:29 am »

Dear Charll,
   
    I have been looking at this bottle since you posted it, and am no closer to a decision whether it is ca.1890-1920, or ca. 1980-2000. The bottle's firing of red and blue has such control, much better than one usually sees from the 19th or early 20th C. 
    People have been known to falsely date the period of their purchases or even just mix up bottles and when and where they were acquired. Unless there is a dated cert. of authenticity with an attached photo, I would date this to the later period.  In the 1970s and 1980s, all Chinese antique shops in Hong Kong produced such certs. I have examples from YF Yang,  King Feng, Peter Li, Yuen Fung, Raymond Li, and others. The style of leaves at the top, which one sees on larger vessels,  I've not seen on snuff bottles, that I can recall.
   But without handling the piece, I'm not sure one way or the other.
Best,
 Joey
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Joey Silver (Si Zhouyi 義周司), collecting snuff bottles since Feb.1970

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