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The inscription running in two lines to either side of the dramatic lotus scroll reads:
“ Drink less wine
Gain more knowledge”
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Title: Wine bottle with lotuses and admonition
Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
Date: 13th–14th century
Culture: China
Medium: Stoneware with cut-glaze decoration (Cizhou ware)
Dimensions:
H. 12 5/8 in. (32.1 cm); Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm); Diam. of rim 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm); Diam. of base 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
Classification: Ceramics
Credit Line: Purchase, Seymour Fund and Mary and James G. Wallach Foundation Gift, 2014
Accession Number: 2014.255
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