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Did one of our members here win this bottle ?

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« on: January 16, 2017, 11:58:48 am »

Dear Hillary,

The chef at the Imperial Palace Wok Shop assured me it was. Apparently his grandfather bought it from Ding Erzhong in 1905 but didn't realise he hadn't signed it until 10 years later so went back and insisted he signed it which clearly explains why it was dated 10 years after Erzhong stopped painting. When the grandfather commissioned the bottle he told Erzhong he didn't want any of his usual crap and asked him to paint in a different style with rabbits and squirrels as he liked them. He nearly commissioned the bottle from Ting Erh-Chung but Ding Erzhong said he would do it cheaper. Provenance as they say is everything.

Regards, Adrian.  

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