Square teapot with decoration of Indian lotuses in fencai enamels on a blue ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Square teapot with decoration of Indian lotuses in fencai enamels on a blue ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1B003318N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  It has a square mouth, oblique straight shoulders, a square ampulla, a meandering stream, and a rectangular handle. The bottom edge and the shoulder are the same as square beveled edges. The square feet are encircled with square beveled covers. The cover is shaped like a flat top ganoderma lucidum. Four pairs of phoenix patterns are painted around the cover, and four groups of lotus patterns are painted on the cover. The shoulder of the pot is decorated with a double chi Ruyi pattern. The two sides of the pot wall are painted with a lotus flower, a peach fruit on the top, a bat pattern on the bottom, and a four sided slanted lotus petal pattern on the bottom. Both the inside and the bottom of the pot are blue, and the bottom is painted with gold, “Made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty”, with six characters and two lines of seal characters.