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Glazed Double Gourd Bottle

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« Reply #20 on: August 22, 2016, 02:32:12 pm »

Dear Kevin,
I honestly must say what I see and know. You are free to believe what you want, of course. But, although you have the bottle in hands and I only can judge it by pictures, I am sure that the blue grape is not “thickly applied enamels” but under glaze cobalt blue instead. Over glaze enamel has a completely different look. To start with, a neat border and not a soft border due to the diffusion of the cobalt in the glaze and body.
Kind regards
Giovanni
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