Zun vessel with two animal-shaped handles Porcelain, celadon glaze Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1722-1735)

Zun vessel with two animal-shaped handles Porcelain, celadon glaze Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1722-1735)

• Image Number: K1B012732N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Porcelain statue with wide mouth, thick neck, drooping shoulders, pear shaped belly, and short legs. The neck is decorated with a string pattern, with an animal head and ring ears on both sides. The fetal bone is thick, and the whole body is covered with azure glaze. The glaze surface is densely covered with thin pieces. The sole of the foot is exposed and coated with light ochre body protecting glaze. The six character blue and white seal script “made in the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty” is written in the heart of the outsole. The open ear vase, as a flower vessel, was quite common in the Qing Dynasty. Ding Yu (active in 1647) painted “The Book of the Day After Tomorrow Is Not Old. Take a Cool” (hence the painting 03415-7). In the painting, three elderly people were watching the vase lotus. On the stone table, four pink summer lotus flowers were inserted into the celadon animal ear olive statue, and lotus leaves and red polygonum were used as supplements. The branches are in flower shape, with handfuls of branches and legs, and the bottle mouth is clean. Scholars at that time had different views on flower art. They were both Chen’s calligraphy and painting “Flowers, Broken Branch Vase Flowers” (hence the painting 03245-7) in the Kangxi era of the Qing Dynasty. The open copper bottle was inserted with yellow chrysanthemum or broken porcelain vase