Lot 48
48
A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-BODIED SPIRALLY MOULDED CRUET BOTTLE with two necks curved to the right and to the left on a lobed foot, painted with S-shaped bands of scrolling flower-sprays issuing from rockwork (the mouths fritted), Kangxi

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A BLUE AND WHITE DOUBLE-BODIED SPIRALLY MOULDED CRUET BOTTLE with two necks curved to the right and to the left on a lobed foot, painted with S-shaped bands of scrolling flower-sprays issuing from rockwork (the mouths fritted), Kangxi
20cm. high

Lot Essay

This bottle is based on a Western glass original. Such double-bodied glass bottles for oil and vinegar are not uncommon in the Seventeenth Century cf. Howard and Ayers, China for the West, p.59, pl. 14

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