Four-petal-shaped vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with incised pattern of flower brocade 1741 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

Four-petal-shaped vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with incised pattern of flower brocade 1741 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

• Image Number: K1B017168N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The whole body is shaped like a four petal crabapple. The mouth is folded, the neck is long, the shoulders are round, the ears are long, the belly is big, and the feet are folded. The whole vessel is decorated with purple and red ground with tapering and curling grass patterns, the neck and shoulder of the gap are painted with Ruyi flower and leaf patterns, the abdomen is painted with bat, “longevity” patterns and intertwined leaf patterns, and the leaf patterns are shaped like Ruyi cloud or gourd, and decorated with light dots, round beads and white edges; The two sides of the neck are decorated with Kui dragon patterns on the pink orange ground and painted with gold color. The carcass is even, the mouth edge and the sole of the foot are decorated with gold color, the inside and bottom of the utensil are covered with lake green glaze, and the bottom center is left with the blue and white box with six characters and three lines of seal characters, “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty”.