Lot Details
Lot 87
Blue and White 'Islamic' Garlic Head Bottle
16th Century, probably Chu Dau or Bat Trong kilns, Hai Duoung Province
The wide bottle, tapering strongly to a narrow neck and diminutive garlic head mouth, is carved with six wide, shallow panels on the side and is painted in the round with waterfowl and lotuses below a collar of ruyi heads. Another similar collar encircles the small mouth and from which are suspended six chain-link pendants. Height 11 inches (27.9 cm).
Property of the Nguyen Family Collection
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Unsold
Additional Notes & Condition Report
Like the preceding lot, this bottle was retrieved from the sea off the Vietnamese coast.
Surface slightly 'softened' by exposure to the sea.
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Surface slightly 'softened' by exposure to the sea.
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