Lot description
A FINE AND RARE COPPER-RED DOUBLE-GOURD VASE QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD superbly potted, the upper globular bulb rising to a short neck, supported on a larger similarly-shaped compressed spherical bulb, elegantly painted with gourd flowers and attendant fruits amidst curling tendrils, the veining of the petals and leaves lightly incised in the body, the copper-red of an even bright burgundy tone, the countersunk base unglazed 18 cm., 7 1/8 in.
