Lot 550. A blue and white silver-mounted double-bodied cruet bottle, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1662-1722). H.: 20.3 cm. (8 in.). Estimate EUR 3,000 - EUR 4,000. Price realised EUR 1,000. © Christie's Images Ltd 2018.

La panse formée de deux vases accolés, à décor de branchages fleuris, le pied évasé orné d'une frise géométrique, montures en argent.

Note: This bottle is based on a Western glass original. Such double-bodied glass bottles for oil and vinegar are not uncommon in the Seventeenth Century. See Howard and Ayers, China for the West, 1979, p.59, pl. 14; and Jörg & Van Campen, Chinese Ceramics in the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, London, 1997, nr. 293, p. 257.

Christie's. C'est fou!, Paris, 12 - 14 December 2018