Two enamel overlay bottles. Both bottle bodies are an overlay type commonly known to have been supplied to Early Shandong School artists.
The first bottle : Was painted at some later date than that of Early Shandong School. The indicator is the painting was done with a brush as compared to bamboo stick tools. Shows a Lady with sword.. and the reverse with Peony flower and butterfly.
I think the connection between the sword carring lady is given within the script ( in pic below ), that reads "chivalrous woman" of the "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai".
The second bottle : Is painted in the Early Shandong style ( 1890 - 1916 ). Shows a crane scene on the front, and mountain landscape scene on the reverse.
The first pic shows the front of both bottles, and then the next shows the reverse of both.
Click on any image to enlarge ..
Definition for chivalrous :
Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is the traditional code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of knighthood. It was originally conceived of as an aristocratic warrior code — the term derives from the French term for horseman — involving individual training and "service to others".
Liao Zhai Zhi Yi, or Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales published during the early Qing Dynasty.
So the lady with a sword could be a charactor from one of the six stories. Of the six stories, there are four themes. One theme which consists of many stories about the love between beautiful and kind female ghosts and poor students.
I bet this image of a sword carring lady was painted to represent just such a "chivairous", "kind female ghost" , and protector ( service to others ) of the poor children.
The author ( Pu Songling ) also embedded some moral standards and Taoist principles into the stories, so they are like parables, such as “Painted Skin” and “The Taoist of Lao Mountain”.
So I wonder if Mao shan ( signature in pic below ) is not the artist name, but possibly a reference to Mao Shan, the Taoist Master. There is also a Mao shan mountain which is a famous Taoist holy land.
The first bottle : Was painted at some later date than that of Early Shandong School. The indicator is the painting was done with a brush as compared to bamboo stick tools. Shows a Lady with sword.. and the reverse with Peony flower and butterfly.
I think the connection between the sword carring lady is given within the script ( in pic below ), that reads "chivalrous woman" of the "Strange Tales of Liao Zhai".
The second bottle : Is painted in the Early Shandong style ( 1890 - 1916 ). Shows a crane scene on the front, and mountain landscape scene on the reverse.
The first pic shows the front of both bottles, and then the next shows the reverse of both.
Click on any image to enlarge ..
The signature ( lady with sword in pic below ) suggests painted by Mao shan, and the script reads "chivalrous woman" of the "Strange Tales of Liaozhai"
Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is the traditional code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of knighthood. It was originally conceived of as an aristocratic warrior code — the term derives from the French term for horseman — involving individual training and "service to others".
Liao Zhai Zhi Yi, or Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, is a collection of nearly five hundred mostly supernatural tales published during the early Qing Dynasty.
So the lady with a sword could be a charactor from one of the six stories. Of the six stories, there are four themes. One theme which consists of many stories about the love between beautiful and kind female ghosts and poor students.
I bet this image of a sword carring lady was painted to represent just such a "chivairous", "kind female ghost" , and protector ( service to others ) of the poor children.
The author ( Pu Songling ) also embedded some moral standards and Taoist principles into the stories, so they are like parables, such as “Painted Skin” and “The Taoist of Lao Mountain”.
So I wonder if Mao shan ( signature in pic below ) is not the artist name, but possibly a reference to Mao Shan, the Taoist Master. There is also a Mao shan mountain which is a famous Taoist holy land.
I was able to carefully clean the interior of this one.. So here it is looking a lot nicer !
Dated Ting yu year 1897
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