Message #37469

[Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司]

Dear Charll,

    Another stunning Lac Burgaute bottle. I would suggest that it is Thai, rather than Chinese or Japanese, based on the amount of reddish mother of pearl. The Chinese and Japanese examples tend to have more blue-green or white material.
   This is how the late John Ault of blessed memory, taught me to judge the origin of these bottles. He had about 12 or 15 examples from members of the Thai Royal Family (like his mother in law; her cousin, His
Majesty The King; etc.). Some of them were 'Asian' like this, without designs identifiable (to me!) as specifically Thai; but some had Thai style 'flames' or even 'Garuda'-like figural designs.
 Re.dating: ca.1850-1910
Best,
Joey