posted on May 4, 2012 06:42:42 PM new
I am here,I changed my ID to lostmymojo because I use hwahwa to email others etc ,and I dont want them to read my posts on this forum!
posted on May 5, 2012 06:37:22 PM new
That's funny - I had an feeling that your had lost you Mojo.
Glad all is well.
I have a question for you.
How do you tell if a inside painted bottle is old or new.
I recently found 3 of them and don't want to list them wrong.
[ edited by ebabestreasures on May 5, 2012 06:38 PM ]
posted on May 5, 2012 08:04:00 PM new
For the last 20 years ,there have been many ART FARMS sprung up where workers come to paint,carve snuff bottles,jade figurines,paintings etc.
So if they look new to you,they are not old !
The cap is also a giveaway,it may look like a jade or coral cap,but it is actually jade powder or coral powder mixed with resin and pour into a mold.
The hollow inside of a new snuff bottle is drilled by machine,and it is cylinder all the way down,while the handcarved hollow ones you can use the spoon and sway it from side to side.
With reversed painted snuff bottles,look at the pictures,the color could be fresh and vibrant and the people look happy and well fed and dress better.
The man and woman on the old snuff bottles or any kind of art work,they look sallow and not so cheerful and thinner,you know food is scarce those days and the color of their costume not so vibrant.
posted on May 6, 2012 03:12:28 AM new
Thanks that helps.
I think a couple of mine (I have 4) maybe old.
The bottles are smaller than what I am seeing that I know is new.
