Dear
Cathy,
I will definitely post the jade bottle once it arrives for some insight. It looks like 2 children, a Buddhist lion and a pine tree? I did like the other archaic chilong jade bottle you had as well but the symmetry of the 2 dragons seemed off - the jade did have a nice 'chicken bone' tone to it though. Unfortunately the other 3 put me over budget as the CAD$ is terrible right now + these "import fees" nickel and dime me to nothing! I think I will make a nice stopper for it as I have with a few of my other bottles. Do you have any further information on the white/red overlay bottle? The quality of the carving seemed very neat and well done to me. I had purchased an overlay with the same red/white so I can't wait to compare & share.
Dear
Adrian,
Thank you! I have noticed that a lot of individual UK sellers have a ton of great items they've bought from UK auctions which must go fairly cheap there. I wish we had the amount of auction houses in this area as you do there. Thank you for the welcome!
Dear
Joey,
After reading countless posts in this forum, I have to say I am quite envious that you have joined into this snuff bottle rat race so early before the craze turned to insanity. I can only imagine the collection of bottles you must have/had over the years. I guess we all have to start somewhere - unfortunately it seems the majority of the masterpieces have been snatched up in museum collections or private Chinese collections. I must commend you though, as you have given great insight and comments here I have actually learned quite a lot from your contributions.
Dear
George,
Thank you again for the approval! I just finished reading your post on your Jet bottle - very beautiful!
Dear
Giovanni,
Thank you! I love how everyone around the world is dying from the heat yet here in Vancouver it is cold and raining! We want summer! During my reading of the board I have seen a lot of your postings of your bottles and they are stunning - you have great taste. I can't imagine that Italy has a surplus of SB's, where have you been acquiring such high quality bottles - if you don't mind me asking?
* Daniel