Gall-bladder vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with incised blue ground pattern of flower brocade and band décor 1742 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

Gall-bladder vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with incised blue ground pattern of flower brocade and band décor 1742 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

• Image Number: K1B017650N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The gall bladder has a small mouth, a long neck and a belly like a gall bladder, hence its name. The whole body takes turquoise blue as the ground, the upper cone is carved with curly grass patterns, and the gaps are painted with foreign flowers. A series of flower patterns are painted on the orange red ground at the mouth edge and shoulder, and a circle of pink lotus petals is painted on the bottom edge. The three openings on the belly of the utensil are decorated with ruyi patterns, and the openings are decorated with chrysanthemum leaf patterns in circles. Ruyi patterns are painted on the openings, western blue flowers are painted on the openings, and the interior is decorated with three color chrysanthemum flowers. The inner neck and bottom of the utensil are decorated with lake green glaze, and the bottom blue material is printed with “made in the year of Qianlong” four character seal characters, plus double frames.