Zun vase with handles and decoration of deers in fencai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Zun vase with handles and decoration of deers in fencai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1B003929N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: furnishings
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The bronze shaped pot is homophonic to “deer” and “lu”. This kind of pot shaped pot with hundred deer patterns is also called “hundred deer (lu) zun”. The shoulder is decorated with a pair of chi shaped ears, and the outer wall of the utensil is painted with blue, yellow, blue, green, ochre, black, white, rouge and other colors to depict the landscape and deer patterns. The picture shows mountains, pines and cypresses towering, peach trees and ganoderma lucidum under the trees, red and green. During the recreation, the deer have different expressions and are delicately depicted. The chi ears are painted yellow on the red ground. There are blue and red colors for the chi ears in the yard. The outsole has a seal character style of “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty”. In the early days of Emperor Qianlong, most of the styles were six character blue and white seal characters. The layout of the painting is magnificent, and the description is delicate and exquisite. The samples of the painting have auspicious meanings of “evergreen pines and cypresses” and “longevity and longevity”.