Garlic-head-shaped vase with flower and fruit sprays in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Garlic-head-shaped vase with flower and fruit sprays in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1B002958N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Description:
  The garlic bottle is used to make a small mouth of garlic, bind the neck, slip the shoulders, have a big belly, and turn the feet outward. The outer wall is painted with blue and white. Mouth along the moire, garlic wall painted curly branch flowers. The upper part of the neck is left blank, and the lower part of the lotus leaf has a flame like moire in its interior. The junction between neck and abdomen is decorated with moire and Ruyi cloud pattern. The main ornamentation on the outer wall of the abdomen is the broken branches of flowers and fruits. The lower main branches of these broken branches of flowers and fruits can see the growth of Ganoderma lucidum. Gate shaped lotus petal near the bottom of the outer abdominal wall, wavy pattern outside the foot wall. The foot margin is exposed for a circle, and the blue and white script “made in the year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” has three lines and six characters.