Ku vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with plantain leaves decoration on yellow ground, Ch’ien-lung reign, Ching Dynasty

Ku vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with plantain leaves decoration on yellow ground, Ch’ien-lung reign, Ching Dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017034N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The shape is similar to the bronze goblet of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. The mouth is like a trumpet, the neck is thin, the shin is long, the bottom is flat, and the feet are encircled. The outer wall is enamel yellow glaze, painted with banana leaf patterns and lotus, and the blue and green banana leaf patterns are full of flowers and leaf veins. Both the mouth and foot are decorated with red edged gold scrolling grass patterns and patterned flowers. A number of gold strokes are added between the mouth edge, foot bottom and decorative patterns. Lake green glaze is applied to both the mouth and the bottom. The blue material at the bottom is printed with “Qianlong Year” four character two line seal characters.