Message #45221

[cshapiro]

I've been following this discussion, and wanted to point out a few things about Samson's bottle that made me believe it is genuine.

The first is the firing grit that you can see in the transparent colors. I see this grit in the blue and pink in almost every Yangzhou bottle I've seen. I'm not sure if it's presence is due to impurities in the glass or the firing process, and would really like to see more discussion about it.

The other is the milkiness of the glass. The white of the glass in the ebay example is very obviously more opaque and bright white and doesn't have the slight translucent milky quality of the genuine article.

And then there is the color of the overlays. All of the overlay colors in the ebay example seem really off.

Just my observations, and I may be wrong, but wanted to put these things out there for further discussion.

And by the way, what do you think of this one just listed on ebay for 17,999?! haha
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOP-Antique-Chinese-Peking-Glass-Snuff-Bottle-RARE-Five-Colors-Coral-Jade-Pearl-/191595724449?hash=item2c9bfebea1:g:Ao0AAOSw7ThUpWnh