California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 July 8, 2018  July 8, 2018

 Lot # 5319 
A CHINESE GREEN AND YELLOW GLAZED DOUBLE GOURD VASE    明 綠地黃彩葫蘆瓶


  • Dimension: Height: 9 7/8 in (25.1 cm) Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
  • Estimate From: $2500
  • Estimate To: $5500

The lower bulb of hexagonal form and the upper bulb of ovoid form, the exterior painted in yellow enamel against green ground depicting various mythical beasts in a mountain landscape setting, the base with six character Jiajing mark. Ming Dynasty period.


瓶呈葫蘆式,上圓下方,直口,束腰,六方形圈足。通體施色地繪麒麟,鳳凰等瑞獸。此樣器形因似葫蘆故稱為“葫蘆瓶”。 “葫蘆”在中國古代神話傳說中被認為是天地的縮微,充溢著靈氣,民間視為避邪鎮妖之物,同時又是多子多福的象徵。加之葫蘆諧音“福祿”,“福”又指福神,“祿”指官職祿位,有祈福求祥之意。瓷質葫蘆瓶,在唐代已現,宋、元、明、清均有生產。葫蘆瓶形制多樣,上圓下方的式樣,體現了天圓地方的道教觀念,有天地交泰之意,其成型工藝的難度,遠勝過簡單的圓器。明代諸位皇帝中,世宗朱厚熜執政45年,溺信道教,崇尚虛無,終日設齋打醮,祈神得福。富有道教色彩的葫蘆瓶成為明代嘉靖時期燒造的典型器物之一。