Vase with dish-shaped mouth and hundred long life characters in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign, 1662-1722-China Archive

Image Number: C1B003986N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Pan mouth, long straight neck, flat shoulders, straight tube, long abdomen, slightly bulging, and round foot. The whole device is decorated with the character “Shou” in different fonts. The writing space of the character “Shou” is separated only in the middle of the neck, at the junction of the neck and shoulder, and at the foot by such decorative ribbons as the Hui pattern, the swastika brocade, and the dot pattern. It can be seen that the purpose of this device is to pray for blessings such as “birthday”. Double circles are painted with underglaze cobalt blue outside the bottom, but there is no taste in the circle.