Gu vase with plantain leaf and Western flower on a yellow ground in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Gu vase with plantain leaf and Western flower on a yellow ground in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017415N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Description:
  It is shaped like a bronze goblet of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, with a bell mouth, a slender neck, a long shin, a flat bottom and a round foot. The outer wall is made of enamel yellow glaze, with patterns of foreign flowers and banana leaves painted on it. The patterns of red and green banana leaves are filled with flowers and veins of blue leaves. Both the mouth and foot are decorated with red edged gold scrolling grass patterns and patterned flowers. A number of gold strokes are added between the mouth edge, foot bottom and decorative patterns. Lake green glaze is applied to both the mouth and the bottom. The blue material at the bottom is printed with four characters and two lines of seal characters “made in the year of Qianlong”.