Friday, June 23, 2017

Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle / Imitating Rice Wine Jar

This porcelain bottle stands just 2" tall less the wood stopper wrapped in cloth and glued to the porcelain top with wood spoon. Decorated with a little green enamel.. Thin wall with wide mouth. Also completely glazed interior.
 
Made to imitate a jar of Chinese rice wine. A few of the many scripts around the bottle can be read as follows:
 
1) 福兴老店...... Fu Xing Lao Dian, meaning an old shop with the name FuXing
2) 绍淅陳酒....... Old rice wine
3) 加重...... Literally means weight is added, or "the container has more wine"
 


 

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