Hanging vase with poems and pattern of flower brocade in fencai enamels on a pink ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Hanging vase with poems and pattern of flower brocade in fencai enamels on a pink ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1B005154N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: furnishings
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The whole vessel is like a longitudinally split half vessel, in the shape of a double dragon ear bottle with half sides. The back of the utensil is flat and can be fastened to the wall or sedan chair with holes, so it is called wall bottle or sedan chair bottle. It is called a car bottle in the archives. This type of utensil was first seen in the Xuande Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty and prevailed in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty. The outer wall of the bottle is painted with pink and colorful glaze. The main decorative theme is the leaves of the tangled rosette. There is a circle of banana leaf patterns at the junction of the neck and abdomen and outside the foot wall. The imperial poem of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty is written on the open wall of the abdomen and on the white floor of the interior: “You are a famous official, and the new bottle is even better. Follow you to chant, and pick up the fragrance along the road. The hanging car is called, and the hairpin comes with wild flowers slanting. The world of mortals is near, and the fragrance is used to drape.” At the end of the poem, there are two seals of “Qian” and “Long”, which are described by “Qianlong Renxu Imperial Titles” and red materials. The bottom foot of the inner lake is green glazed and red colored rectangular box with a single horizontal seal script “made in the year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty”.