Message #48712

[cshapiro]

Dear Steven,

Ah! So Joey holds the key bottle to determining the date of the Xue Chengcai bottles!

I am surprised they are not from earlier.

I now have three Xue Chengcai bottles - I think I shared two here before. One is the prettiest color of lime green with a children playing theme, the other yellow with school children doing their studies, and now a blue one with a scholar and boy theme.

It has always struck me that his work is heavily influenced by the Ye Zhongsan family, and yet I also see the influence of Xue Shaofu as well (particularly in how he paints the willow tree and the way he forms his calligraphy)

He definitely had access to the Ye Zhongsan palette. The reds and greens seem to be a perfect match - although it is hard to be certain when looking at it in colored glass.