Double-layered vase with open work and auspicious pattern in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty-China Archive

Image Number: K1B012245N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The bottle has a wide neck, sloping shoulders, and gradually converging below the shoulders. The abdomen is double layered, solid inside, hollow out outside, flat bottom, and concave feet. The outer wall of the utensil is decorated in two sections: the upper section is from the mouth edge to the shoulder, with the tapered magenta icing on the ground. The remaining gaps are decorated with four groups of foreign flowers and dots. The upper and lower brocade surfaces are decorated with two Ruyi patterns, and the mouth edge is decorated with a circle of golden brocade patterns on the red ground. The outer part of the lower part of the utensil is carved with a dragon pattern on the holly floor, and the four round openwork is painted with four seasons landscape figure painting; The inner bottle is painted with a pattern of Xuande blue and white flowers twining with branches and lotus petals. The bottom edge and the ring foot are respectively a pattern of turning branches and leaves and a pattern of red brocade lotus petals. The mouth edge and the aperture frame are painted with gold color. The inner neck and bottom of the utensil are all covered with lake green glaze, and the inner blue and white calligraphy “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” is left at the bottom of the utensil.