Vase with depictions of New Year seasonal flowers, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign（1662-1722）
- Image Number: K1E001027N000000000PAB
- Dynasty: Qing dynasty
- Category: Enamel wares
- Function: Container
- Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
- Description:
The long neck bottle with a copper body has a neck that is slightly retracted from the mouth to the bottom, and the lower part of the bottle folds the abdomen and then spreads out into a wide circle foot. The mouth edge and the foot ring are gold-plated, the inner bottom of the foot is painted with white enamel, and the center has a brown “Kangxi Imperial” double line regular script on both sides of the frame. The bottle is decorated with lake blue enamel glaze. The bottle body is made of white enamel, and a yellow plum is painted on it. The branches are winding and vigorous, and the trees are full of flowers, which are either in bud or in full bloom, with red stamens. The southern India is lined with camellia, narcissus, ganoderma lucidum and clusters of red fruit grains. The flowers and leaves are colorful. Light yellow, pink, vermilion, and dark green are set off against the white ground, which is very fresh and bright, just like the scene of spring returning after winter snow, The five seasonal flowers and plants also contain the implication of welcoming the auspicious and auspicious years. Emperor Kangxi once wrote a poem about the yellow wintersweet: “After the wax, early plum blossoms will be found in the south of the Yangtze River, and flowers will bloom in the north late in spring
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