Bowl with Indian lotus on a carved green ground in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Bowl with Indian lotus on a carved green ground in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B014175N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Low mouth, deep arc wall, short circle foot. The outer wall is covered with light green enamel glaze, on which the cone is carved with brocade flower patterns, the mouth and foot are carved with palindromes and scrolls, the gaps are painted with four groups of lotus patterns, and the center of the bowl is painted with lotus flowers and pomegranates. The mouth and foot are left blank, the tire is thin and transparent, and the blue material on the white ground is printed in four character two line regular script with double boxes. In the early Qianlong period, porcelain production technology reached its peak. Glaze color or decorative patterns can be freely imitated from any other materials. The brocade patterns carved or painted with needles on enamel porcelain can be painted. The gaps are painted with patterns, which can be confused with brocade patterns. The courtyard has a pair of greenbelt bowls, as well as pink bowls decorated with the same shape. According to the Work File, this pair of bowls should have been made in the sixth year of Qianlong’s reign.