Message #48706

[Steven]

Dear Cathy,

Its possibly smart to put the bottle away a little, I believe that you will know more when you take it out next time.

Let me explain a little bit more on the bottle itself and the colors.

As we know that  painting new on the old bottles is very common practice,  old masters painted older bottles is common as well,  Lot of inside painted bottle dated 18th, which doesnot mean the bottle was painted in 18th,  which means the bottle itself is older.  Even after 1950, Most of students of  Ye bengqi painted a quite lot 19th bottles which include agate bottle, quartz and inside painted bottle( the old painting was washed and cleaned).

Talking about the colors, I am sharing one of Xue chencai bottle here, which is from the Joey's collection. can you tell me when do you think the bottle was painted? modern or old?

Best,

Steven