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« on: October 27, 2017, 04:24:29 am »

One of two Chi overlay bottles I bought from the same auction.

72 mm high and with a wide mouth opening. Two large Chi dragons are wrapped around the bottle with cloud symbols. A third baby dragon wraps around to form the footrim. Jadeite stopper with vinyl collar. The spoon may be of bone as opposed to ivory.

The pictures don't do justice to the colour and shine of the overlay.

Regards, Adrian.


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« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2017, 04:33:21 am »

Nice bottle... congratulations

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五花馬,千金裘。呼兒將出換美酒,與爾同銷萬古愁。

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« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2017, 04:53:07 am »

Hi Adrian,

Very nice bottle. Especially like the way the foot has been done. Congrats!

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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2017, 05:21:19 am »

Dear Adrian,
you did very well! The carving is of very fine quality, it is a pleasure to look at such high class things.
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« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2017, 07:21:24 am »

Adrian,
Beautiful bottle! Thanks for sharing this one! How would you date this one?
Cheers,
Rube
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« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2017, 07:38:31 am »

Adrian,
I can only concur with what has already been said.

Regards Jason.
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« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2017, 12:59:19 pm »

Thank you all for your comments.

The more I examine this bottle the more I like it.

The auction house dated it 1820-1880 but I think it may be earlier and somewhere 1740-1820 ? I'm going earlier because the quality of the carving and polishing, especially in the lack of any tool marks on the base colour which have been polished out even in the smallest recesses.

The face on picture I showed is the male Chi, with a tuft of hair and a beard ! The Chi on the other side, which you can see in the picture showing the base of the bottle, is the female without a tuft of hair or beard. The baby Chi is around the base and has no legs which identify it as a baby and is on the same side as the female Chi.

Regards, Adrian.
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« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2017, 04:44:20 pm »

Quite lovely. 
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2017, 04:52:46 pm »

Dear Adrian,

      I agree with your dating, and it is a superb example.
Congratulations,
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Joey Silver (Si Zhouyi 義周司), collecting snuff bottles since Feb.1970

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