A CHINESE IRON-RED PILGRIM FLASK FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A CHINESE IRON-RED PILGRIM FLASK FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A CHINESE IRON-RED PILGRIM FLASK FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A CHINESE IRON-RED PILGRIM FLASK FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY A CHINESE IRON-RED PILGRIM FLASK FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

A CHINESE IRON-RED PILGRIM FLASK FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET, 18TH-19TH CENTURY

Reference: ART1008000

Porcelain with transparent, blueish glaze, painted with iron red and gold. The crescent shape is modeled after a leather pilgrim bottle and made to look like it is composed of several parts, similar to a saddle. The surface at the top and laterally filled with lotus tendrils in bas-relief. The central opening is styled as a lotus bud with several rows of leaves. On the sides of the bottle beneath the tips on each side two shou characters amidst the tendrils. Attached to one side a small hemispherical spout. The bottle stands on four triangular feet.
At the neck a horizontal four character. Qianlong mark and probably from the period.
Height 20.7cm. , width 21cm.