Message #44927

[Steven]

Dear George,

I am not convinced that bottles was painted by Ye Bengqi. As I know Ye Bengqi's painting style is very unique. His painting might not be the most artistic in the Ye family, but his stroke is the neatest in Ye family, His every single stroke is tidy and organized, not only on inside painting, also on enamel painting. But I can't see this on the Beggars bottle. You might say the motif is different, but the way or the habit of the painting won't change much even with different motif. also the color scheme is different from Ye Bengqi's as well.

Attached please find a typical Ye Bengqi bottle, see how neat the stroke its, I have never seen any old masters have this kind of neatness, in an other words, because of the neatness, his painting has less artistic look than the rest of Ye family's. Its just my understanding of Ye BengQi. I don't see much connections between your bottle and Ye Bengqi.

Please don't give up, Keep digging, you will find the best candidate one day.

Steven