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拍品專文
The upper bulb inscribed with four characters reading: Fengtiao Yushun, meaning 'seasonable weather'; whilst the lower bulb reads: Guotai Minan, 'May the State prosper and the people enjoy peace'.
Compare with similarly inscribed and decorated double-gourd vases: the first, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, p. 75, no. 75; formerly from the Barlow Collection, Sussex University, sold at Christie's New York, 2 December 1989, lot 290; and from the Toguri Museum collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 26.
Compare with similarly inscribed and decorated double-gourd vases: the first, illustrated by J. Ayers, Chinese Ceramics in the Baur Collection, Geneva, 1999, p. 75, no. 75; formerly from the Barlow Collection, Sussex University, sold at Christie's New York, 2 December 1989, lot 290; and from the Toguri Museum collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 26.