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PROPERTY FROM THE FAMILY COLLECTION
OF GENERAL JOSEPH W. STILWELL
974
A RARE INCISED AND MOLDED
DOUBLE GOURD BOTTLE
JIAQING PERIOD, DATED BY INSCRIPTION
TO BINGCHEN YEAR (1796)
The lower section of the bottle is fnely incised
with a bird perched on a fowering peony branch
on one side and two bats in fight on the other,
the upper section with the moon accompanied
by scrolling clouds, and a dated inscription,
Jiaqing bingchen nian (1796), followed by a
signature, Xingyouhengtang zhi (‘Made for
the Hall of Constancy’), followed by the seal
Xingyouhengtang. The mouth is mounted
with a faux-jadeite glass archer’s ring.
11 in. (27.9 cm.) high, cloth box
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
The Collection of General Joseph W. Stilwell
(1883-1946), acquired in the early twentieth
century, and thence by descent within the family.
Compare a molded double-gourd bottle vase of
comparable size sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
5 October 2011, lot 2028.

清嘉慶丙辰年(1796)
匏器押刻花花好月圓圖葫蘆瓶
《行有恒堂製》款

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