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Source Description
The double gourd is associated with long life and good fortune. One of the eight Daoist [Taoist] immortals carries a double gourd from which bats sometimes emerge ("fu" means both "bat" and "good fortune").
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
32852
label
Wine Bottle and Cup
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
32852
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Wine Bottle and Cup
description
The double gourd is associated with long life and good fortune. One of the eight Daoist [Taoist] immortals carries a double gourd from which bats sometimes emerge ("fu" means both "bat" and "good fortune").
provenance
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest [accessioned in 1988].
date
late 18th-early 19th century
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Wood
wine bottles
wine cups
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
25.4
height
10.8
dimensionsRaw
10 x 4 1/4 in. (25.4 x 10.8 cm)
Source extras
dynasty
Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty
med
carved gourd, metal alloy, wood, silk, bamboo
creator_ids
6238
collection_ids
CHN
exhibition_ids
948
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
028eb12c9d7fae3b