Wine Bottle and Cup
(China )
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").
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [accessioned in 1988].
Exhibitions
1995-1996 | Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
10 x 4 1/4 in. (25.4 x 10.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
68.5