Mallet-shaped vase with auspicious pattern on a yellow ground in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Mallet-shaped vase with auspicious pattern on a yellow ground in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017038N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Lips, long neck, bulging belly, and feet. The outer wall of the whole utensil is painted with yellow ground. The enamel is painted with twining lotus patterns. The two arc leaf patterns on the neck are painted with the characters “Swastika”, “Bat” and “Lotus Pattern” respectively, which symbolize “Ten Thousand Blessings”. The round belly is decorated with orange red deformation Ruyi pattern and green grass leaf patterns, which are intertwined to form a two opening light circle. The inside is decorated with the characters “Longevity”. The bat bat and half of the lotus are painted with the characters “Swastika”, “Bat” and “Lotus Pattern” respectively on the two sides of the opening light; The mouth edge, neck shoulder and bottom edge are respectively decorated with red painted gold patterns, beads and red brocade with several patterns, and the mouth and foot are painted with gold edges. The bottom and neck of the vessel are decorated with lake green glaze, and the bottom center is left with a white box with blue material written in the form of “made in the year of Qianlong”, four characters and two lines of seal characters, plus two sides of the box.