Message #31571

[David]

Hi Giovanni,

I am actually surpassed by this bottle you posted, I was under the impression that you collect porcelain, very well carved, or labor intensive but artful bottles. For hard stone, I would thought you will be more interested in jade or low relief agate/chalcedony.

Not being critical or judging... But very curious, what do you see in this bottle that makes it worthwhile to collect?

To my untrained eyes, it seem to have the shape on photos similar to some mid 1800s hard stone bottles on a few catalogues (but especially Important Chinese Snuff Bottles including a Privte Europen Collection, Sotheby's Hong Kong, Nov 5, 1997- which is a wonderful book to have... it is even hard covered and I love the description it has in chinese... so different from the english...  but I was shocked at the price tag...). But if you say it is modern, then I am even more confused as to why you would purchase it?

Hi George and Tom,

I have a question... if this is quartz, then it is about as hard as jadeite.... Then will it still have age wear that one will see on softer materials?

If they will not have the age wear, and it looks like (photo wise) a mid-18th though of lower grade material, then how do a person go about deciding if it is modern or old?

Thanks,
David