Posted 9 years ago
Shara
(1 item)
Looking for any information on these items thanks. The small one has a bird on it and the bigger one is an odd shape. The bigger one has a gorgeous senery on it any information on them would be appreciated.
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| Asian Vases502 of 1097 |  |  |
About the "odd" shaped vase: The double gourd or bottle gourd is called huluping in Chinese and calabash in the West (Lagenaria siceraria) and has many meanings in China, including purity, longevity, and fecundity. Dried gourds provided some of the earliest storage vessels and it is not surprising that this form was reproduced in porcelain. The double gourd was the attribute of the Daoist immortal Li Tieguai, the dispenser of magic medicines.
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