Fengwei everted-rim vase with pine, crane, landscape, and deer decoration in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Fengwei everted-rim vase with pine, crane, landscape, and deer decoration in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: K1B001596N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The bottle mouth is turned outward, the trumpet shaped long neck is connected with the bulging abdomen, the abdomen is gradually drawn down to the bottom foot, and the foot is slightly turned outward and contracted into a two-layer circular foot. The inner sole of the foot is painted with green double circles as a mark. The patterns on the surface of the instrument are divided into upper and lower ones, and the composition is much the same. In the foreground, the old pine trees growing beside the boulders recede back along the river bank to the distant mountains and the clouds passing through them. At the same time, through the deer and crane in the activity, it conveys the vitality of the mountains and forests. In particular, the twin deer in the lower pattern and the twin cranes flying and standing on the branches have auspicious meanings of deer and cranes in spring against the rising sun. The shape of the whole ware is called phoenix tail vase (or zun), and its ancestor can be traced back to Longquan celadon of the Yuan Dynasty. The phoenix tail bottles produced in the Qing Dynasty vary in size, and like this exhibit, they are medium sized. In addition, due to the similar shape of the sinking ship No. 1 at Wanjiao, Pingtan