Details
The first bottle is carved through the transparent red overlay to the semi-translucent, bubble-suffused ground with a continuous scene which on one side includes a figure of Meng Haoran riding a donkey on a bridge, followed by an attendant holding a branch of plum blossom, and the reverse shows a figure on a horse holding a qin, followed by an attendant carring a parasol; the second bottle is similarly decorated with two mystical beasts on one side and an eagle standing on top of a bear next to a pine tree on the other side.
214 in. (5.7 cm.) high; 238 in. (6 cm.) high


Provenance
Mrs. Ruth Cummings, 1952.
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