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An agate bottle from Australia

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« on: August 04, 2017, 04:03:16 pm »

Wow Frank,
thank you for posting this bottle, I am interested in hearing the opinion of others, you know that I was quite excited about this bottle when you show it to me.
Dear all, Frank lives at about one hour and a half from me, and we met two weeks ago. He did bring a few bottles, and I did really like a cinnabar lacquer one and two agate bottles which are both old in my opinion.
This is one of them.
The bottle itself is very pleasant to see, but when I did introduce a LED light inside it… well, guys, another World! The agate of this bottle is extraordinary. The last two pictures here give an idea, but I think that the pictures have been taken in counter light, which is not exactly the same than illuminating from the inside.
This bottle is surprisingly different from one side to the another.
The side with the dark area has many layers of different tone color, more then what is possible to appreciate in the picture here.
While on the other side, it has the nicest botryoidal pattern that I have never seen. Very noticeable, not faint as it is usually seen.
The bottle is very well hollowed.
Dear Frank, we did talk a lot about many things during our meeting, and I forgot to ask you one thing.
I was surprised to hear that you found this bottle in Australia. Unlike you, that have spent some years in Australia, I have never been there and in my ignorance about that interesting land I must admit that I would never suspect that it was possible to find Chinese antiques in such so far land.
Then what I forgot to ask you was if it is common to find Chinese antiques there. In other words, how you did find it, was it a very rare chance or is it possible to find antique Oriental art in Australia?
Kind regards
Giovanni
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