Garlic-head-shaped vase with flower on a polychrome ground in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Garlic-head-shaped vase with flower on a polychrome ground in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017444N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The bottle is used for garlic mouth, neck binding, big belly, and feet circling. The whole body, except for the three openings, is decorated with golden lotus patterns, Ruyi cloud patterns are painted below the mouth edge, Ruyi circle is intertwined in the ring around the neck, and six upright lotus flowers and long Ruyi cloud patterns are decorated above and below. A single anemone is painted on the bright and white ground, with a prominent pistil and a circle of lotus petals at the bottom. The mouth and foot are painted with gold. The inside of the neck and the bottom are all painted with lake green glaze, and the bottom is painted with blue material, “made in the year of Qianlong”, two lines of four character seal characters. The whole piece is painted with gold scrolling grass brocade pattern as the ground, and various patterns are added to the gaps. It is also a kind of icing on the cake. It is gorgeous and gorgeous, which shows the unique style of enamel colored porcelain in the Qianlong Dynasty.