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Chinese Snuff Bottles
Collecting Magical Stone Snuff Bottles
(2,623 words*)
Some personal thoughts on collecting in general, and
the possibilities in collecting Snuff Bottles. How to avoid the
normal mistakes made by most new collectors. Describing how stone
bottles were made, the ingenious way the Chinese made use of flaws to
create pictures and how to evaluate them. Also about John Cohen's
first snuff bottle purchase.
Magical
Stone snuff bottles
Sensations in Glass! Chinese Snuff Bottles
(1,668 words*)
How and why they decided to buy glass snuff
bottles. Detailing the amazing different types, explaining the
manufacturing techniques, and how to assess them. Dealing with:-
'Overlay Glass', 'Imperial Yellow', 'The Seal School' and 'Inside
Painted' snuff bottles. The incredible glass imitations of other
materials and how to recognise them. Some thoughts on how he
values them.
Sensations in glass
Chinese Snuff Bottles - Collecting and Bribery
(1,587words*)
All the finest of Chinese art forms can be found in
the form of snuff bottles. Details about collecting stone bottles
and assessing works with no signatures. Tips on what to look out
for when buying. Relates to the largest collection formed in
China by Chien-Lung's corrupt Prime minister, who was the wealthiest
man in the world. The collecting craze and how bottles have been
used for bribes.
Collecting
& bribery
Heavy
Stones that Really Float! Chinese
Snuff Bottles (605
words*)
All
about antique hard stone Chinese snuff bottles that are described as
well hollowed out and the most amazing stone snuff bottles that are so
wonderfully hollowed out, that they will float in water. Valuable
guidance for potential collectors of snuff bottles.
Heavy
stones
that really float!
Collecting
Only Unique Chinese Antiques – the What, How and Why.
(956 words*)
About collecting unique antique Chinese snuff bottles,
pendants and jade carvings. Explaining
in what way these are so unique and why the author did not only collect
snuff bottles. Some useful
thoughts for fellow collectors.
Collecting only unique Chinese antiques
Amazing
Pictures From Natural Flaws or Inclusions Found in Stones!
(884 words*)
How amazing pictures have been formed
from natural flaws or inclusions discovered in the stones, used by the
brilliant carvers of antique Chinese stone snuff bottles.
Amazing pictures from
natural flaws
Inside
Painted Chinese Snuff Bottles (263
words*)
Describes these
extraordinary Chinese works of art and what aspects of inside painted
snuff bottles intrigue the author (a snuff bottle collector) most.
Inside
Painted Chinese Snuff Bottles
Japanese Netsuke and
Lacquer
Sprinkled,
Not Painted Pictures - Japanese Lacquer
(1,532 words*)
Explains what lacquer is, and how lacquer articles
were made and copied from the Chinese. Particularly about the
later 18th and early 19th century techniques created only by the
Japanese, when they became the unrivalled masters of the art!
They created incredible works where pictures were formed by pouring and
sprinkling fine gold particles of various grades and pigments on to the
wet lacquer. This article describes fully these various
techniques.
Lacquer
sprinkled, not painted pictures
The Fascination of Japanese Lacquer Inro and Boxes
(2,411 words*)
Explaining what inro are, why and how they were made,
how they were worn and used, with some useful tips on the correct way
of handling inro. Boxes are dealt with in a similar way.
Describing the choice of subject matter, the famous schools of lacquer
artists, where works by the master Zeshin can be seen, and the
questions that arise over the signatures.
The
fascination of inro & boxes
Netsuke, Ojime and Inro
Really Belong Together (519
words*)
Explaining a little about what netsuke, inro and ojime are, also how
they were used, and the fact that although these antiques are often
collected separately they really belong to be together.
Netsuke,
ojime & inro really belong together
Keeping and
Handling Japanese Inro (311
words*)
Describes how to care for, handle and
pick up inro in order to avoid the most common ways of damaging the
lacquer. Most important information for inexperienced collectors.
Keeping
and handling Japanese inro
Netsuke
Cord Holes
(Himotoshi) (431
words*)
About inspecting antique
netsuke, detailing the reason for different sized netsuke cord holes and
how they should be positioned. This
can be one way of recognising a poor quality modern netsuke.
Netsuke cord
holes (himotoshi)
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of words, but not including the required link) that should read as
follows: -
The author has been a
keen Asian antique collector for many years helping to create ‘The
Cohen collection’. To see more of his articles please use the
following link: - http://www.jncohen.net/antiques/articles.htm
John N Cohen's homepage: - http://www.jncohen.net
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