Lot 1015
1015
ANOTHER PROPERTY
AN UNUSUAL GOURD BOTTLE

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AN UNUSUAL GOURD BOTTLE
QING DYNASTY

The plain undecorated gourd suggesting the form of a goose, with the bulbous body constricting to a curled neck, turning back on itself, before a small bulb head, fitted with a detachable carved bone beak-form stopper, the patina of the gourd is of a deep reddish-brown tone
10 in. (25.4 cm.) wide, wood stand

Lot Essay

For another similarly modelled eccentric gourd bottle, see Arts from the Scholar's Studio, The Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong, 1984, p. 274, no. 273, where the author suggested that these were travelling containers for the storage of water and wine.

(US$6,400-9,000)

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