Vase in the shape of a willow-leaf, porcelain, bean-red glaze, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Vase in the shape of a willow-leaf, porcelain, bean-red glaze, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: K1B018270N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Furnishings
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Bottle with long neck, sloping shoulders, upper plentifulness and lower belly, and foot digging. The white body is exposed at the bottom edge, the white glaze is applied to the outer bottom, and the copper red glaze is blown on the outer wall of the utensil, with peach red spots in some parts, similar to the color of cowpea. Lip with apple green, white edge of thin glaze. The whole product is as slender as willow leaves, and its shape is elegant, so it is called “willow bottle”. It is a new shape created in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.