Vase with “Brewing Tea on a Boat” motif in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1B014016N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The bottle mouth is slightly tilted, the neck is wide, the shoulders are rolling, the belly is round and straight, the foot is gradually closed, and the foot is encircled. The whole white glaze ground is painted with enamel and painted with landscape characters. A scholar sits in the bow of a small boat in the middle of the lake. There is a piano on the boat, and three servants are waiting on the boat. One is to reserve tea in the boat. There is a teapot on the tea lozenge. There are tea pots and water tanks beside the tea lozenge. There are books on the boat. One is to wander the lake, cook tea, read, play the piano, and enjoy the pleasant scene of lakes and mountains. It is also the best scene for tea tasting. The blue and white script “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” has three lines and six characters. The clerical script on the empty part of the bottle shoulder imitates a poem made by the Emperor Qianlong: “The pond is full of music and the oars are full of reeds. When the sun is shining, the lake is full of autumn smoke.” At the end of the poem, there are two chapters of “Qianlong Chenhan” and “Only One” red seal script. The overall layout is just right. Emperor Qianlong loved the taste of literati and boiled tea for the Tang Dynasty by boat