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Lot Essay
This well-carved bottle is part of a series of amethyst bottles of pale, mottled material that often feature superb carving. Many of the group are fruit forms, suggesting a likely Palace origin, or at least a group made for the Court.
The gourd symbolizes fertility, because of the many fruit that grow from a single vine, while the butterfly is a symbol of longevity, based upon a pun on its pronunciation, which sounds the same as the character for the ages of seventy or eighty.
The gourd symbolizes fertility, because of the many fruit that grow from a single vine, while the butterfly is a symbol of longevity, based upon a pun on its pronunciation, which sounds the same as the character for the ages of seventy or eighty.