A RARE CHINESE CELADON DOUBLE GOURD VASE, HULUPING

SIX-CHARACTER QIANLONG MARK AND OF THE PERIOD 1736-95

With the body formed as a bottle gourd, all evenly coated with light celadon-green glaze, 37.5cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Peter Meyer, believed to have been purchased from Sydney Moss Ltd in the late 1960s.

The double gourd symbolises the harmony between heaven and earth, healthy offspring and good fortune.

Cf. Qing Dai Tao Ci Da Quan, p.333 for a comparable example from the same period. See also Christie's Hong Kong, 30th November 2011, lot 3318 and Christie's Hong Kong, 28th May 2014, lot 3322.