A RARE SIGNED YIXING DOUBLE-GOURD BOTTLE

SIGNED ZHONG JI, 1770-1850

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A RARE SIGNED YIXING DOUBLE-GOURD BOTTLE
Signed Zhong Ji, 1770-1850
Of flattened gourd shape, one side incised in seal script reading yi yang chu qing fen followed by the signature Zhong Ji, the reverse side plain, stopper
26in. (6.5cm.) high

Provenance

Christie's, London, 9 October 1972, lot 18, Property of an anonymous lady
Arthur Gadsby Collection
Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 2 May 1991, lot 131

Lot Essay

It is interesting to compare this bottle to a coconut bottle also signed Zhong Ji, illustrated by Robert Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles, London, 1987, pp. 20-21, no. 7

The inscription can be read as:
Store (snuff) in gourd with frequency.

For a discussion of Yixing bottles and an illustration of a double-gourd example bearing the signature of Chen Hung Shou, see an article by J.E.M. Ault entitled 'A Study of Ceramic Snuff Bottles' in the I.C.S.B.S., Journal, Autumn, 1984, p. 11, fig. 14

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