Octagonal flowerpot with Indian lotus pattern in gold and silver tracing. Qing dynasty, late 18th

Image Number: K1B001261N000000000PAD
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Floral apparatus
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
The octagonal basin and bracket are matched in a complete set, open and outward folded, narrow lips, deep and straight walls, flat bottomed, and sit on eight V-shaped feet. The high temperature sky blue glaze is applied, and the glaze surface is painted with low temperature gold and silver colored lines, such as lotus, bat and chime, forming a pattern with auspicious meaning of “Fuqing Lianlian”. The silver color rusted into light ochre and the gold color reflect each other, presenting a deep and shallow three-dimensional effect visually, and the design is exquisite, full of noble and gorgeous royal temperament. The nail mark on the bottom of the utensil is specially decorated with plum blossom patterns made of gold dots to cover it. The idea of this kind of nail mark stippling is the characteristic of small foreign color craft in the late Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and since the Jiaqing Dynasty. The sole of the exposed body is also painted with gold, and the wall of the round water seepage hole in the center of the basin is also covered with blue glaze, making the whole set of flower ware achieve the delicate design of full glaze without exposing the body. In the courtyard collection, there are still various kinds of “blue ground pastel painted gold porcelain basin” (Chinese porcelain 03512, Chinese porcelain 0