Wine Bottle and Cup

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description The double gourd is associated with long life and good fortune. One of the eight Daoist [Taoist] immortals carries a double gourd from which bats sometimes emerge ("fu" means both "bat" and "good fortune").

Exhibitions

Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996.

Provenance William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [accessioned in 1988].

Credit Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters

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Creator

Chinese (Artist)

Period

late 18th-early 19th century

Medium

carved gourd, metal alloy, wood, silk, bamboo
(Wood)

Accession Number

68.5

Measurements

10 x 4 1/4 in. (25.4 x 10.8 cm)

Geographies

China (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View