Gallbladder vase with incised flower brocade and dual-level openworkPorcelain, yangcai painted enamelQing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1735-1796)

Gallbladder vase with incised flower brocade and dual-level openworkPorcelain, yangcai painted enamelQing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1735-1796)

• Image Number: K1B010958N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The bottle has a long neck, shoulders cut, and a vertical abdomen. The abdomen is double layered. The inner layer is tubular, the outer layer is hollowed out, and the feet are short. The outer wall of the utensil is decorated in upper and lower sections. The upper section is from the mouth edge to the shoulder of the utensil. The foreign color cone is used to make it more beautiful. The gaps are painted with foreign chrysanthemums, foreign lotus, banana leaves and tassel patterns. The mouth edge and shoulder neck are decorated with a yellow grass roll and a band pattern respectively. The outer layer of the lower section is carved with holly and painted with a golden dragon pattern. The outer wall of the inner bottle is imitated with Xuande blue and white flowers and lotus patterns. The bottom edge and the round foot are respectively a banana leaf pattern and a yellow Ruyi cloud head pattern. The mouth and foot are painted with gold color. The inside and outside of the ware are painted with lake green glaze, the bottom center is left blank, and the blue and white script is “made in the year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty”, with six characters and three lines of seal characters. This kind of openwork vase with flower patterns appeared in the Song Dynasty at the latest, such as the Silongkou Yue Kiln and the Laohudong Official Kiln. In the Yuan Dynasty, openwork celadon bottles from Longquan Kiln were also exported to Northeast Asia