Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries

Visitors' Forum

Asian Art Forums - Reply Message
Asian Art Forums

Message Listing by Date:
Message Index | Back | Post a New Message | Search | Private Mail | FAQ
Subject:Crystal Vase
Posted By: Sarah Fri, May 18, 2012 IP: 74.44.136.185
Well, since I'm here today, I thought I'd ask about a second item. This is a very heavy crystal vase with a sandblasted stallion. It seems to have Asian marks. Any help is appreciated.







Subject:Crystal Vase
Posted By: rat Tue, May 22, 2012
this is a contemporary Chinese vase, the horse imitative of Xu Beihong's well known paintings, the narrow mark imitating a Qianlong imperial seal reading "longevity", the squared one a fantasy imperial seal saying that the object is one of the emperor's treasure.

Post a Reply
Name:
Email:
Group: China & Japan
Subject:
Message:
Link URL:
Enter here the complete URL of any site, page or image you would like to show other visitors.
URL Title:
Enter here the title of the link you've given above. This will appear to the visitor. Eg., if you are linking another picture, enter "Another picture". The link will not appear without a title.
Image URL:
Enter here the URL of an image if it is already uploaded on the web. The image will appear with your posting. Do not post pictures which are not yours without permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of each poster to make sure they have permission to use any photos they post.
Image: You may upload up to three images. If you would like to upload more images to this message please do so by replying to this same message.

Please make sure the file type is JPEG or GIF and the filename does not contain spaces.




Use the Browse button to find an image (jpg or gif) on a local drive on your computer to upload for including with your message. Do not upload images with file names containing spaces. Please do not upload files larger than 500 KB in size. Do not post pictures which are not yours without permission from the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of each poster to make sure they have permission to use any photos they post. Check the "email notification" box below if you would like to be notified of any responses to your message.
Check here for email notification.
Security Code: Security Image: please enter the text appears in this image.

Please type in the code you see in the image directly above this input box.

Subject:Re: Glass Vase
Posted By: Cal Tue, May 22, 2012
This may well be high-lead-content glass, but what Westerners (especially Americans) call "crystal" is a very clear colorless glass, without the blue tint in yours.

The high lead content makes molding and fire-polishing easier, since it lowers the glass's melting point.

The horse is probably acid-etched rather than 'sand-blasted'.

Thanks to rat for the translations.

Good luck,
Cal

Asianart.com | Associations | Articles | Exhibitions | Galleries |