Description:

This bottle is in the shape of a double gourd and carved with bats (happiness), clouds (fertility), camellia flowers (spring), bamboo (fortitude), lingzhi fungus (or ‘Plant of Long Life’) and butterflies (joy or a happy marriage). The gourd shape itself is a symbol of long life.

Glass, carved in relief
Height: 10.0 cm, diameter: 4.6 cm, neck diameter: 1.9 cm

Creator: Unknown

Date: China, 1700-1900, Qing dynasty

Copyright: Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives

Object ID:N4673