Message #32014

[David]

Hi Steven,

That is a shame, but understandable... like so many other traditional arts and traditions. All dying out.

I assume this one is not Imperial. Then is this one a Hsin family bottle?

For reference purpose. If this one counts as 7/8 from a scale of 1 to 9 (imperial like YT's dream hulu bottle and Joey's eggplant bottle- maybe 9+ for that one-).

From your personal point of view, where will Inn Bok's artful modern hulu score? Where will my red dragon score? Where will a modern top single layer that can be bought brand new be now? Not from value, age, rebus sensibility,  etc... point of view. But, from the carve workmanship and the artfulness/likeness of the content.

Do most collector categorize bottles in the following way, instead of worrying so much about a date?

Imperial (pre Qian Long, during Qian Long, during Jia Qing/DaoGuang and then post DaoGuang)
with mid to late Qian Long and early Jia Qing as the pinnacle? (~1810)

Domestic Non Imperial (During Qian Long, during Jia Qing/Dao Guang, during Xian Feng and post Xian Feng)
with late Qian Long till early Dao Guang as the pinnacle? (~1840)

Export top grade commissioned and export mass produced.

Thank you,
David