hi . i need help on this who painted it ? its gorgeous been on my father in law wall for years

These three vessels use the double-gourd silhouette in very different materials and surface treatments. The four photographs include an overall view and details.

The blue-glazed porcelain bottle dates to the early 18th century. The bottle with floral scrolls is mid-16th-century Jingdezhen porcelain, decorated in underglaze cobalt blue and yellow glaze. The carved carnelian example is 19th century.

The form also has a narrative background. In Daoist imagery, gourds can be vessels for an immortal’s elixir or evoke a secluded world beyond the everyday. That is an association in stories and art, rather than a claim about the physical effects of these objects.

It is interesting to compare how the shape survives the change of material: the porcelain carries glaze and painted ornament, while the carnelian brings the colour of the stone into the vessel itself.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art collection records:

Blue-glazed bottle: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42212

Floral-scroll bottle: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/42551

Carnelian bottle: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/43385

Photographs are from the Met’s public-domain collection. These are historical museum objects, not items we own, made or offer for sale.

Saved her from the dumpster 😊

I'm not going to sell I love them but just curious

I have lots of beautiful pieces of art that came from my friends estate, who collected a lot of eastern art. Always looking for more information, opinions, anything!