Revolving spittoon vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with double layer openwork 1743 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

Revolving spittoon vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with double layer openwork 1743 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

• Image Number: K1B017120N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The scum bucket skims the mouth, bulges the belly, and the feet skim outward. The shape is like a statue, and the shin is short. The utensil is hollow and rotary, and is composed of four sections, one section for the round foot, hollow round belly, inner liner, and skimmed neck, which are respectively fired and then tenoned. The necks and legs of the vessels are painted with blue and white to depict the deformed Ruyi cloud patterns. The interior is decorated with patterned flowers. The legs are a combination of curly grass patterns and a palindrome. The patterns are the same. The belly of the vessels is carved, the neck is rotated, and the inner bottle rotates with it. The two butterflies on the belly of the utensil are facing each other, which is also called “happy meeting”. The twisted and deformed Ruyi patterns symbolize continuous Ruyi.