Gourd
ca. 1930-1950 (made)
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Double gourd, lower bulb incised with a hot needle with design of a phoenix on rocks surrounded by peonies; upper bulb incised with sun among clouds and an inscription which dates the piece in accordance with 1801 and states the studio name 'Xing You Heng Tang'. Phoenix on rocks surrounded by peonies. Incised sun among clouds and inscription.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Gourd, moulded, with incised design. |
| Brief description | Gourd, incised with a hot needle, China, ca. 1930-50 |
| Physical description | Double gourd, lower bulb incised with a hot needle with design of a phoenix on rocks surrounded by peonies; upper bulb incised with sun among clouds and an inscription which dates the piece in accordance with 1801 and states the studio name 'Xing You Heng Tang'. Phoenix on rocks surrounded by peonies. Incised sun among clouds and inscription. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Incised on the lower bulb of the gourd with the studio name 'Xing You Heng Tang'. |
| Credit line | Sir John Addis Gift |
| Object history | From Register: Ts'ai-Ch'uan (d. 1894), eldest son of Prince Ting and great, great grandson of the Qianlong emperor left a collection of verse entitled Xing You Heng Tang (see Arthur W. Hummel. Eminent Chinese of the Ching period (1644-1912). U..S: Washington, 1943-44. p. 728) Cf. a similar piece in the Laurence Sickman collection with identical date and studio mark. (photo in our photographic archive) |
| Production | Artist: Lei XX (about 1885 - about 1960). Biographical reference: See memo. Beijing From Register: Information from Wang Zhixiang 9/1983: all incised gourds in circulartion with 'Xing You Heng Tang' marks are fakes. They were all made by a man surnamed Lei, a friend of his in Beijing in the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Lei died in about 1960 aged about 75. This is an example of his work. |
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| Accession number | FE.161-1975 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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