Gourd-Shaped Bottle early 18th century China Carried by Daoist Immortals, the calabash gourd that inspired this bottle is said to serve as a special container for the liquor of immortality. Ceramic productions of this shape first become popular in the fourteenth century, a period when Daoism flourished, and then again in the sixteenth as a result of imperial interest in this religious Gourd-Shaped Bottle. China. early 18th century. Porcelain with blue glaze (Jingdezhen ware). Qing dynasty, late Kangxi (1662–1722)–Yongzheng (1723–35) period. Ceramics

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