Gall-bladder-shaped vase with “Eighteen Lohans” motif in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Gall-bladder-shaped vase with “Eighteen Lohans” motif in yangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017952N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The gall bladder has a straight mouth, a long neck, a large round belly, and short legs. The blue materials along the mouth and neck are used to draw a pattern of ten thousand words on the brocade ground, a pattern of Ruyi and a pattern of four flowers on the yellow ground. The two sides of the abdomen are illuminated, with the dark and light blue Kui dragon patterns intertwined with each other as the border, and the inside is painted with images of nine people and eighteen Arhats driving in the clouds. Two orange yellow Kui phoenix rings are connected between the two openings, and the inside is painted with blooming lotus. The open space is painted with magenta, and the bottom is painted with light green Ruyi cloud pattern. The blue material at the bottom of the bottle is printed in four character regular script, “Made in the year of Qianlong”, with two side frames.