Vase with tubular handles and decoration of clouds and dragons in doucai polychrome enamels and overglaze red, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Vase with tubular handles and decoration of clouds and dragons in doucai polychrome enamels and overglaze red, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1B002784N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  Flat bottle with mouth skimming, neck binding, double through ears, sloping shoulders, belly tucking, and shallow round feet. The inner wall is decorated with lake green glaze. The upper and lower edges of the mouth edge and through ear are all painted with gold edges. A circle of Ruyi cloud head pattern is painted below the edge of the mouth. The two sides of the neck are decorated with the pattern of a bat holding a chime, and the two sides are decorated with green and blue dragon dragon patterns. A wide band pattern around the shoulder, with a cloud pattern interlaced up and down inside, and a row of dots under the stripe. Both sides of the abdominal wall are decorated with red dragon patterns, and the periphery is colorful auspicious clouds. The belly bottom is decorated with a pattern of Yanglian petals. The foot margin is unglazed and the body is exposed. The outer bottom is painted with lake green glaze, and the blue and white seal script “made in the year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” is written in a blank box. According to the current archaeological data, the combination of underglaze blue and white and overglaze color can be traced back to the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, while the burning was in the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty. “Doucai” refers to firing underglaze blue and white, painting various color materials on the glaze, and then firing at low temperature for the second time in the kiln