Bowl with immortal mountains and pavilions in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)-China Archive

Image Number: C1B000207N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Food utensil
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Low mouth, deep arc wall, short circle foot. The center of the bowl is painted with twig flowers. The red flowers on the twigs are in full bloom, which makes a pleasant contrast with another yellow plum. The outer wall is dominated by pavilions. In the picture divided by mountains and rocks, magnificent pavilions and green trees are painted respectively. The blank space is inscribed with a poem, “The fairy tower is surrounded by the Yinghan Pavilion”, and beside the poem there are three marks, “Longevity is like”, “Mountain is high” and “Water is long”. At the bottom, “made in the year of Qianlong” double line four character imitation Song Dynasty style, with two side frames. Similar production can also be seen in the imperial collection of the “Qing Emperor Qianlong Enamel Colored Fairy Mountain Pavilion Bowl” (hence porcelain 14014). The style and pattern design of the two objects are almost identical, except that the perspective of the painting of this object is far away, so the mountains and rocks are smaller, and the details depicted are more. Maybe it was the two productions under the same design concept that produced these two objects.