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The Night Revels of Han Xizai

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« on: February 24, 2016, 11:20:09 pm »
I've had this set of four bottles since 1999 but I didn't display them when I first started showing my bottles here because I felt the quality was not good enough for such an august group of connoisseurs. But I've changed my mind.

Not about this group of course, about the quality of the bottles. I have to keep reminding myself these are painted in reverse on a canvas only 4cm by 5cm and through the neck of a bottle - quite an achievement, so the quality is not that bad.

And the subject is good too - a racy story from the Five Dynasties period about the private life of a court favourite, depicted here in a later copy of Gu Hongzhong's painting and for show in the Palace Museum in Beijing (all info from Wikipedia)

 

and here are my bottles. Bottle 1, watching a 'friend' playing a pipa



playing the drum while watching a dancing girl and taking a break



watching more entertainment



and finally choosing a 'friend'. Goodnight.



A rather better set of five bottles by Wang Qian on the same subject appears in A New Look page 206

My set were painted in 1998, But I can't read the artist - anyone?
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2016, 11:26:02 pm »
A very nice set Geoff !
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2016, 11:30:13 pm »
Dear Geoff,

陈叶 Chen Ye with a studio name Yi Hu Zhai (One Bottle Studio)

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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2016, 11:36:17 pm »
Wow, so fast to reply. Thanks Pat and YT.
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« Reply #4 on: March 01, 2016, 06:43:44 pm »
Hi  Geoff

Please  get  back to me  -  I have   some  info  on the  artist

Chen Ye  =  Chen Xin Lian

Cheers

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« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2016, 10:51:43 pm »
Quote from: wgeoff on February 24, 2016, 11:20:09 pm
I have to keep reminding myself these are painted in reverse on a canvas only 4cm by 5cm and through the neck of a bottle - quite an achievement, so the quality is not that bad.




Exactly... , and beautiful paintings they are indeed !
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2016, 12:21:02 am »
Hi Geoff

I have a similar set of 5 bottles painted by Shi Maoru (史茂 如) from the Ji School.

Enjoy!


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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2016, 02:09:51 am »
Hi Richard and Geoff,
Interesting comparison. Wonderful scenes, from a racy story!
Richard, is half of the last pair missing from your post?

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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2016, 04:01:09 am »
Hi Tom

No, they are complete. Maybe you can try to refresh or reload the page.

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« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2016, 04:09:36 am »
Hi Richard,

I'm only seeing 9 images. The last one, number 169, is on its own.

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« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2016, 04:28:10 am »
Thanks Tom!

It has been fixed.

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« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2016, 04:30:59 am »
Thanks Richard....  Cheesy

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« Reply #12 on: March 03, 2016, 08:45:42 pm »
Thanks Richard, I think yours are better on quality but mine are good for colour.

Anyway, I've now decided to put them on display if I can find a space. Not sure what my wife will say when I tell her the story behind them. But she can't complain - she was with me when I bought them.

Thanks also to Peter for finding the artist's full name and some background as a past student of Zhang Ru Cai. Does that tie in with the 'One Bottle Studio" source?

Geoff 
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