blue underglaze, yellow overglaze; set on a recessed base with rounded lower section that narrows at middle, bulbous upper section tapering to straight mouth; lotus scroll decoration on both sections with upper enclosed within line borders, lower within a petal lappet border above and cloud scroll border below; waist painted with six-petalled flowers

Double Gourd Bottle, Jiajing mark and period, 1522-1566

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This slightly off-kilter bottle features lotus scrolls painted in underglaze blue against an overglaze yellow enamel ground. The form and decoration of this bottle may reflect the pursuits of immortality by Daoists in China, who believed that the calabash gourd held the elixir to prolong life. Tieguai Li, one of the Eight Immortals of Daoism, is often depicted carrying a gourd.

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Double Gourd Bottle
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2004.133
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blue underglaze, yellow overglaze; set on a recessed base with rounded lower section that narrows at middle, bulbous upper section tapering to straight mouth; lotus scroll decoration on both sections with upper enclosed within line borders, lower within a petal lappet border above and cloud scroll border below; waist painted with six-petalled flowers