A ROCK CRYSTAL DOUBLE-GOURD BOTTLE

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A ROCK CRYSTAL DOUBLE-GOURD BOTTLE
PERHAPS IMPERIAL, POSSIBLY BEIJING PALACE WORKSHOPS, 1740-1830

Of slightly flattened and well-hollowed gourd shape, carved on each side with the character da on the upper bulb and ji on the lower bulb within a T-fret roundel, the neck plain, the narrow sides of each bulb also carved in low relief with a stylized five-petaled flowerhead with four evenly-spaced, leafy sprays, with countersunk, oval foot
2¾in. (7cm.) high, stopper

拍品專文

For a similar bottle carved with the identical characters, but in a slightly stylized script, see Hugh Moss, Victor Graham and Ka Bo Tsang, The Art of the Chinese Snuff Bottle, The J & J Collection, vol. I, Hong Kong, 1993, pp. 177-8, no. 98, where the authors discuss the symbolic meaning of the characters and the double-gourd form in combination

The authors also argue convincingly for a Palace workshop attribution based on shape, material and design