Message #41848

[rpfstoneman]

Cathy,

These are tough to judge and it took me a longtime to understand the difference between authentic old bottles, bottles painted by artists such as Ye Bengqi or his pupil Wang Xisan in the last half of the 20th century, and new bottles.

New bottles tend to have a brighter color paleltte, thicker enamel layering, thicker walled glass (i.e., more heavy), and a highly raised blue Qianlong mark on the base.  Your bottles show the distinctive indicators of newly produced bottles, and all are post 2000 in my opinion. 

Here is a link to what appears to be an authentic Guyue Xuan type bottle: http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23744/lot/6077/?category=grid&length=144&page=1

There are enough Guyue Xuan type bottles within action catalogs and on the web to were you can see a number of good legitimate examples that can be compare side-by-side to newer production bottles illustrated on eBay or Liveauctioneers. Once this study time is put in with these comparison images it will become more clear on what is new and what may be an authentic old bottle.

Charll