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Cannot identify the artist on this bottle.

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« Reply #40 on: March 29, 2016, 11:36:39 am »

Hi George,

Thanks for fixing my link. I didnīt realized I messed up the hmlt tags.

I would love to have a forum detective badge, but as Joey has pointed out to me, there is more things going on than meets the eyes. Indeed, if one is trying to "brand" an artist, creating an Imperial pedigree is quite clever.

Joey raised an interesting point: why would someone paint inside a bottle that eventually would be scraped out? On the other hand, I myself have a Tang Tzi Chuan with snuff stains inside. http://snuffbottle.smfforfree.com/index.php/topic,2956.0.html

Was it misused by a Western Barbarian who didnīt know better or was it intended to serve as "impermanent" art (like mandalas)?
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