"I almost lost my life to get that one," he said. His story was that in 1959 he caught sight of this bottle at a provincial antique exhibit held in Hsinchu.
民國四十八年的秋初，在新竹的一次全省古董展覽場中，周仲球一眼就看中了這隻牛血紅的盤口瓶。他幾次三番地徘徊在櫥窗前，為之著迷不已，後來終於去與瓶主商量，希望他能割愛。