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Charll shared this beautiful Xianfeng (1851-1861) dated bottle depicting NeZha combating the Dragon King amongst a rolling sea of blue and eight mythical sea creatures.


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Joey Silver / Si Zhouyi 義周司
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« on: July 11, 2012, 04:09:07 am »
Steven,
   It looks like an Imperial design of an archaistic dragon. It could be a repro, or could be original; like Charll, I'd need to hold it and examine it to know.
   If original, it could be anywhere between ca.1750 - ca. 1900, but probably earlier rather than later, though the design was usually pairs of flanking archaistic dragons.
   I had a number of  inkstone SBs and a white jade SB as well, and I still have an example in clear glass on multi-coloured glass, ex. Monimar collection (the late, beloved, Claudio Gentili, z"l), all attributed to the Imperial palace workshops, and 18th C. dating. Also, compare with the design on the elegant bottle in "Dragons", #2...
  Sorry I can't be more exact in the dating aspect.
Joey
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