George,
If you have archived any of David Osborne's Snuff Bottle Club sales you see a number of bottles by Zhao Zhiyun. Below are a few other examples of her work, and the last dated bottle sold by David Osborne appears to be 2010.
Here is some of that information provided through David's emails:
Here is a bottle from a long time favourite artist of mine. I first met her in 2000, my first visit to Hengshui city, when she arrived side-saddle on a bicycle, peddled by her husband Du Qing Tao, for a supper at a restaurant. They were married the same day and as the custom she still wore her red wedding dress. The dinner was given for them by Mr. Wang Xisan who toasted the young couple. By this time both were among the top artists at the Xisan Academy and continue to paint today. Du Qing Tao is of course one of the finest artists in China. (David Osborne)
On my first visit to Hengshui City in 2000 the air crackled with loud retorts from fireworks as thousands of Chinese got married. It was the Year of the Dragon with a difference for this event would not come around again for hundreds of years. It was the year of the Golden Dragon according to the Chinese astronomical tables and a truly auspicious year to get married.
One of these young couples was Du Qing Tao and Zhao Zhi Yun, already making a name for themselves in the world of inside painting and they were married during my visit. A couple of years later these two artists were catching the world on fire with their painting both in China and also with our Membership. Zhao Zhi Yun could paint the most detailed Chinese Ladies and Du Qing Tao with more versatility could paint almost anything. I made a request for a few bottles painted by both these talented artists and here is one of them. I call it 'Chinese Fantasy' as that was what I was told when I asked the story behind the pictures. In this bottle ZZY painted the Ladies and DQT painted the Goats and the Dragon. (David Osborne)
Du Qingtao, who is married Zhao Zhiyun, has been one of my favorite artists over the years. As such I have a more than a few bottles by Zhao Zhiyun, Du Qingtao, and their jointly painted works.
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