Jar with geometric decoration in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Jar with geometric decoration in underglaze blue, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1B005493N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  A blue and white porcelain pot with a cover, round mouth, straight neck, folded shoulders, very narrow shoulders, straight belly like a tube, and round feet. Ripple lines on the neck. The upper and lower outer walls are decorated with intertwined flowers, and the central part is decorated with several angular stars equidistant. The angular stars are painted with curly flowers, and the outline straight lines of the angular stars are respectively extended to interlace each other into various geometric memory blocks, and the geometric memory blocks are respectively decorated with large and small flowers, leaves, and wavy patterns. Half of the foot wall is decorated with flowers in full bloom, which are arranged in sequence like compound lotus petals. The concept of outer wall decoration is similar to that of outer wall. All kinds of geometric memory blocks are separated from the center outward, and filled with flowers and waves. From its shape and pattern, it is obviously modeled on blue and white porcelain from the early Ming Dynasty (now stored in the Forbidden City in Beijing, and its name is Blue and White Brocade Zhuang Can). Scholars have further discussed the origin of this shape, which can be traced back