Mallet-shaped vase in yang-ts’ai enamels on white ground with Indian lotus decor 1742 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

Mallet-shaped vase in yang-ts’ai enamels on white ground with Indian lotus decor 1742 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

• Image Number: K1B010912N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The whole body is white glaze, the mouth, neck and bottom are painted with red gold Ruyi brocade ground, the sidelines are all hooked with blue edges, and the Ruyi brocade ground of the mouth and neck is painted with chime patterns, Shouwen and Yingluo patterns; Add banana leaf pattern at the bottom; The white ground on the neck is decorated with crocus flowers. The main pattern on the abdomen is four groups of blue and white concentric crocus flowers. A circle of flowers is painted around the feet. The mouth edge and the sole of the foot are painted with gold. The body is thin and light. The bottom and inner neck are covered with lake green glaze. The blue and white script “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” is written in a blank box in the bottom.