Description

Bottle of compressed globular form, Glasgow Museums

The Thompson catalogue described the subject, one of a pair of bottles, as follows:

'No. 204. Two Bottles, of compressed globular form. Long thick necks of very white porcelain with an ornamental band. The rest of the bottle with conventional design of large aster flowers and leaves united by elegantly curved branches. Mark, double ring, and Ta Ming Seuen-tih nien chi. a. d. 1426-1436. Height, 14 ¼ inches.' 1