Gourd-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi (1662–1722)–Yongzheng (1723–35) period, early 18th century, China, Porcelain with blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware), H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm), Ceramics, Carried by Daoist Immortals, the calabash gourd that inspired this bottle is said to serve as a special container for the liquor of immortality. Ceramic productions of this shape first become popular in the fourteenth century, a period when Daoism flourished, and then again in the sixteenth as a result of imperial interest in this religious tradition
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Gourd-Shaped Bottle, Qing dynasty, late Kangxi, 1662–1722, –Yongzheng, 1723–35, period, early 18th century, China, Porcelain, blue glaze, Jingdezhen ware, H, 6 3/4, 17.1 cm, Ceramics, Carried, Daoist Immortals, calabash gourd, inspired, bottle, said, serve, special container, liquor, immortality, Ceramic productions, shape first, popular, fourteenth, Daoism flourished, again, sixteenth, result, imperial interest, religious tradition
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