Message #40009

[Steven]

Let go back to this bottle, most of you guys might call me crazy....

But I am 90% positive that is a early inside painting bottle, not for shandong school, but painted by YiRujuShi.

Here are the comparison I have done, Both the painting style and the calligraphy matched very well, I didn't notice the 半山 (Ban shan) was a art name until last night,   I don't think its a old copy either, since the painting can be copied, not the calligraphy like that.

Back to my concern at beginning, is possible the bottle itself can be dated 1808, the answer is possible, The bottle might not made for the inside painted for purpose, could be a medicine bottle as that time, please note the bottle's mouth is quite different with the later shandong bottles which were made for inside painting , the mouth is quite bigger, and I have not seen that big mouth in middle period bottles. its a sign for earlier bottle.

So after all, I tend to think the bottle is a early period bottle painted by YIRUJUSHI, not a very exciting bottle, but really interesting.( Add me to the list, if you want to part with it one day Marcos.

I am ready to discuss further....

Steven