Revolving gourd-shaped vase with tealeaf colour and gold flower in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1B017209N000000000PAF
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Qianlong official kiln is dedicated to the firing of new, strange and ingenious works, which is the product of this trend. The whole vessel is shaped like a gourd. A lotus shaped plate with pink outside and green inside is placed on the mouth, and another plum shaped celadon plate is placed at the bottom of the bottle. The upper and lower parts of the bottle are divided into two parts, and the upper plate and the lower plate are connected with each other by filling the inner tank. At the same time, in order to cover up the cracks on the waist of the gourd, two gold rings are specially added for decoration. Touch the utensil with your hand, and the gourd bottle can rotate on the celadon plate. In the 8th, 11th, 12th, 18th and 22nd years of the reign of Emperor Qianlong, the imperial kilns successively fired several porcelain bottles and bowls that could be rotated. During the process of transporting porcelain, officials also accidentally knocked down the “foreign porcelain rotating bottles” and requested to repair the burning and compensate for the losses. Although there is no clear data to prove that it can play tricks