Hanging vase with Indian lotus pattern in falangcai painted enamels on a blue ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1735-1796)

Hanging vase with Indian lotus pattern in falangcai painted enamels on a blue ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1735-1796)

• Image Number: C1B005393N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: furnishings
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The whole piece is like a longitudinally split half piece, which is in the shape of a double dragon ear bottle with a half face and a flat back. It can be fastened to the wall or sedan chair with holes, so it is called a wall bottle or sedan chair bottle. This bottle has a short neck and a pair of dragon ears. Oblique shoulder, large belly, flat bottom and a base. The whole body is covered with blue glaze and painted with various foreign color patterns. Ruyi cloud head patterns are decorated along the mouth, the characters “Swastika” and “Shou” are decorated on the neck, and a group of twining lotus patterns are painted on the abdomen. The upper part is connected with pomegranates, longevity peaches, and bergamots, and the lower part is connected with Ruyi. The surrounding is decorated with twig flower patterns, and the lower part is painted with lotus petal patterns. The base is covered with brown glaze and painted with grass pattern, Ruyi cloud pattern and bead pattern. The back is flat with pink blue glaze, with a square groove and four small round threading holes for suspension and fixation. The bottom of the vessel is covered with brown glaze, and the single line horizontal seal characters are written in gold color “made in the year of Qianlong”.