A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE

GUYUEXUAN IRON-RED MARK, 1780-1880

Details

A FAMILLE ROSE ENAMELLED OPAQUE WHITE GLASS BOTTLE
Guyuexuan iron-red mark, 1780-1880
Of tall flattened rounded rectangular shape, painted in a continuous scene with nine chicks on a grassy knoll beneath rockwork and flowers below flowerheads and scrolls in a band at the neck, stopper
2¾in. (7cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's, New York, 26 November 1991, lot 83

Literature

I.C.S.B.S., Journal, Autumn, 1993, p. 20, fig. 4

Rachelle R. Holden, Rivers and Mountains Far From the World, Hong Kong, 1994, pp. 98-99, no. 36

Lot Essay

One side of this bottle depicts four chicks under day lily. The day lily symbolizes both motherhood and the wish for bearing children. The reverse shows four more chicks beneath convolvulus, making a full complement of nine chicks. Nine is a lucky number indicative of infinity.

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