Tea bowl with floral scroll holding shou character on a carved yellow ground in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Tea bowl with floral scroll holding shou character on a carved yellow ground in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017040N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  Skim mouth, arc wall, circle foot. The outer wall of the bowl is yellow brocade ground, and the gaps are painted with eight lines of arc-shaped lotus patterns. The lotus heart is painted with a Ruyi pattern, and the word “longevity” is decorated on it. The bottom edge is a vertical branch curling leaf pattern. The inner part of the bowl is painted with rose, ganoderma lucidum, orchid, wild chrysanthemum and other four branch flowers. The mouth and foot are left blank, the fetal bone is even thick, white and delicate, and the blue material on the white ground is printed in two line regular script with four characters “made in the year of Qianlong”.