Message #42896

[Steven]

Dear George,

Congratulations on this bottle, I actually was outbid by you on it.

The reason I was trying to bid this bottle is very simple, The bottle is unusual on both the painting style and motif.

1st, I have never seen this motif( figure side) been painted on a snuff bottle , the way the figures were painted also not quite normal( The eyes will not be painted like that, if you have the book "Dating Chinese Porcelain from Facial Features and Adornments" you might try to do some comparison,  at least its unusual to me, I have not seen any middle period artists paint the figure this way.

2nd, the way the flowers painted also very different from the middle period, and I can't see the detail strokes from the bamboo stick. Maybe you can tell better.

I am not saying its a modern fake, but the bottle IS very suspicious, Or it might be a just special middle period bottle .  I hope that I can tell more about the bottle, because I like the motif, I might go do some research and get back to this.

Steven