A SET OF FOUR MEXICAN MARKET GIN BOTTLES

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)

Details

A SET OF FOUR MEXICAN MARKET GIN BOTTLES
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735)
Richly enameled with potted plants, later silver covers
11 ½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, the largest

Literature

William R. Sargent, Chinese Porcelain in the Conde Collection, Madrid, 2014, p. 73, no. 7.

Lot Essay

The gin bottle was one of the earliest European forms made in Chinese porcelain; a circa 1600 Portuguese armorial example is in the British Museum and 17th century blue and white examples are known. These bottles were particularly desirable in New Spain and this vivid famille rose pattern is also known to have been particularly desirable in Mexico.

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