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Totally Amazing Yuan Shijia Bottle !

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« on: March 03, 2014, 07:37:08 am »

Hi All

Once  in a  while a   top   VMIPB   artist  paints  a   TOTALLY  AMAZING   bottle !

Being  now semi- retired  and  having limited   funds   I am  un-ashamedly using  all my  personal  connections  with the   top  Ji-School  VMIPB   artists  in Hengshui,  Shijiazhuang  and  also  the  new  Qin-School   artists  in Xian  to  at least  get    "first  option "   ( "first  dibs" )  at their  latest  best bottles.

Of  course, I  cannot  hope  to  keep  up   with  all  the   latest  and  best  creations  but  at  least  I  do my best, and  sometimes  I  hit  gold.

That  was the  case  with   Yuan Shijia's   latest   works,  which  I  published   recently  on the  Forum.  They were  all   totally  amazing -  probably   some of the best  bottles  Yuan Shijia  has ever  painted.  And  remember  that  Yuan Shijia   is a   true  "rising  star" being  only 34  years  old  ( born  1980)  and  now  entering  the  most  creative  period  of  his  life.

I immediately    focused  on one  bottle  ( see  pic)  and  called    Yuan Shijia  directly  to  ask  if the bottle  was  still  for  sale . IT WAS !   

Yuan Shijia  gave  me a  very  fair  price as  one of  his   admirers  and   ardent  collectors.  So  I immediately  agreed  and    arranged  payment  via  my  Beijing  office.

I have  just, finally,  got the  bottle  in Hong Kong  and  I can  tell  you frankly  that  this   ranks  among  one  of the  Top  Ten  Best  Bottles  I  have ever seen let  alone  bought -  in  all  my  life !

 It is  even better   in real life  than the  pics !

Last week I  was  in Shanghai  and  I visited  the   Pudong   shop  of  Zhang Lei  who  is  the  nephew  of  Wang Guanyu.

He  had   several  Wang  Guanyu bottles,  some  of  which  were  painted   20 - 30  years  ago  and  were  earlier bought   by   Singapore  collectors,  now  recently   re-purchased  by  Zhang Lei.  (The  bottles  were  originally  in the   collection  of   J.H. Leung  and   are  illustrated  in  "New Look" )  But  some  other  bottles  were  recently  painted  by  Wang Guanyu in the past  couple  of  years :  he rarely  paints  these  days  because  of  his  poor  eyesight and  weak  health . There  was  one   eye-watering   recent  bottle,  but  the  price,  even to me  as a  private   sale, was   minimum RMB  six  figures    -  far,  far  beyond  my  pocket.

But  amazing  though  that  Wang Guanyu  bottle  was,  I can  tell  you  frankly  that  this  Yuan Shijia  bottle  is   at least   two  or  even  three   quantum  levels  higher,  both  in  skill,  originality,  artistry   and    just  pure  CLASS.

Fact.

A  truly  totally,  amazing    VMIPB !

Cheers
Peter





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« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2014, 12:17:20 pm »

Congratulations Peter !
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« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2014, 05:11:11 pm »

One word for the bottle - beautiful - thank you for sharing it.

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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2014, 03:00:17 pm »

Dear Peter,
    Congratulations! Beautiful bottle. Thank you for posting it.
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« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2014, 10:33:48 pm »

Peter,

A beautiful bottle indeed, but I can only assume it is much more impressive in person as based on your comments. 

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