Porcelain vase with ladies dancing and playing music in falangcai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Porcelain vase with ladies dancing and playing music in falangcai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1B007371N000000000PAG
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Furnisher
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The long vase, with its mouth skimmed, broad shoulders, straight belly and round feet, looks like a straight lantern. The six character red seal script of “Made in the year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” in the back script. The upper and lower parts are purple lotus brocade, while the straight barrel shaped abdomen is used to enlighten the characters, drawing the scene of a group of twelve women dancing in the garden. Women all wear brocade clothes with cloud shoulders, silk and delicate patterns. Centered on the woman with two sleeves held high and bent down to dance, the woman with a hat stood behind her, holding a Ruyi head pole. The head of the pole was hung with long tassels of fish and chimes. There are eight women standing on the side, five from the right and three from the left. They are playing musical instruments, including the flute, flute and sheng; they are playing castanets, bantam drums, small cymbals and gongs; they are playing three strings; and two women are talking and laughing. The opening image of women playing music around dancers, and the “Courtyard Script” by Sun Hu, Zhou Kun and Ding Guanpeng in the sixth year of Qianlong’s reign (1741)