Of double-gourd form with tall neck, moulded to each side with a kidney-shaped panel, one recessed and modelled in high relief with flowers, the other with a pair of chicken. Decorated in underglaze and overglaze polychrome enamels with flower sprays and bands.
HEIGHT 20.5 cm
Condition: With manufacturing flaws, losses to the high relief flower and with the neck repaired. Provenance: Holzapfel collection, Geneva, Switzerland. This lot was acquired by the grandfather of Mr. Holzapfel before 1970 and has been in the Holzapfel family ever since.
Compare to a similar pair of bottles sold at Christie`s New York at Christie’s interiors, 21 -22 June 2011, lot 478, sold for 2.250 USD.