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<p>[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 424158, member: 2844"]The ones in the first photo are all inside painted, always amazing work. Yes, they are recent, but nice quality. The stoppers are agate.</p><p>This is an art that is still taught at Chinese Art Academies.</p><p><br /></p><p>The second photo are also inside painted. The bottom two are fairly recent, probably late 20th century, with agate stoppers.</p><p>The top two look pre-WWII. I have one similar to the little inside painted overlay bottle which came from a 1920s collection. The stopper on that one is Peking glass, as is the bottle.</p><p><br /></p><p>The last four, which you like, are the best. Could you post a photo of the base of the agate one? And is the stopper attached with some kind of putty?</p><p><br /></p><p>The jade one (with the 'top hat') is beautiful, and antique. Hetian/Khotan pebble jade, made from stones they find in rivers in the Hetian region of Xinjiang in the west of China.</p><p>If the colours on my screen are right, the colour could be considered mutton fat, the most highly prized colour for collectors. The rough part is the 'skin' of the jade, collectors love that too. The colour of the skin is called russet, if you google Hetian russet jade you'll find more.</p><p>The top part of the stopper is agate/carnelian, I can't see what the bottom disc is made off. Does it have a bone spoon?</p><p>So an antique Hetian mutton fat(?) jade bottle with russet skin and original stopper. A real little treasure.</p><p><br /></p><p>The two overlay ones are elegant beauties.</p><p>The blue one could be ca 1900-1920, the stopper is silver or silver plated copper cannetille (the name of those filigree thingies), topped with a turquoise.</p><p>The double overlay one is later. More layers usually means more value, manufacture and carving takes more skill. Is the middle layer aubergine colour? I always love that. Lotus flowers symbolize purity and spiritual growth.</p><p>The brass spoon and stopper are recent.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Any Jewelry, post: 424158, member: 2844"]The ones in the first photo are all inside painted, always amazing work. Yes, they are recent, but nice quality. The stoppers are agate. This is an art that is still taught at Chinese Art Academies. The second photo are also inside painted. The bottom two are fairly recent, probably late 20th century, with agate stoppers. The top two look pre-WWII. I have one similar to the little inside painted overlay bottle which came from a 1920s collection. The stopper on that one is Peking glass, as is the bottle. The last four, which you like, are the best. Could you post a photo of the base of the agate one? And is the stopper attached with some kind of putty? The jade one (with the 'top hat') is beautiful, and antique. Hetian/Khotan pebble jade, made from stones they find in rivers in the Hetian region of Xinjiang in the west of China. If the colours on my screen are right, the colour could be considered mutton fat, the most highly prized colour for collectors. The rough part is the 'skin' of the jade, collectors love that too. The colour of the skin is called russet, if you google Hetian russet jade you'll find more. The top part of the stopper is agate/carnelian, I can't see what the bottom disc is made off. Does it have a bone spoon? So an antique Hetian mutton fat(?) jade bottle with russet skin and original stopper. A real little treasure. The two overlay ones are elegant beauties. The blue one could be ca 1900-1920, the stopper is silver or silver plated copper cannetille (the name of those filigree thingies), topped with a turquoise. The double overlay one is later. More layers usually means more value, manufacture and carving takes more skill. Is the middle layer aubergine colour? I always love that. Lotus flowers symbolize purity and spiritual growth. The brass spoon and stopper are recent.[/QUOTE]
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