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Yangzhou School Bottle- Your Thoughts Please!

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« Reply #40 on: June 30, 2015, 02:21:29 pm »

Dear Joey, Y.T., and other knowledgeable collectors of Yangzhou school SB's,

I have been wondering just how long the glass carving tradition lasted in Yangzhou?  I have seen dates as early as 1786 on overlay SB's attributed to Yangzhou.

According to the latest published research all of those early dates (circa 1800 - 1840) for 'Li Junting' bottles were erroneous.

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2003/fine-chinese-ceramics-and-works-of-art-including-fine-chinese-snuff-bottles-from-the-collection-of-ann-john-hamilton-n07881/lot.236.html

By the way just look at the "blue" color of that nice "Li Junting" from the Hamilton collection. 

Since we now know that it was not "Junting" but rather Yunting.  Yunting was the courtesy or leisure name of Li Peisong 李培松, who moved from his native Dantu to Yangzhou around 1870 and had several glass-overlay snuff bottles made bearing dates from 1877 to 1881, as well as some undated bottles.  It is highly likely that SB's were made in Yangzhou at least through the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1911 and possibly continued well into the 20th century.  But for how long?  Collectors and tourists would have made at least a small demand until the upheaval of WWII circa 1940 or am I way off?

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