Qianlong style painted enamel bottle with tied patterns

[Qianlong painting enamel covered pot with patterns]

Qianlong painting enamel covered pot with patterns, Qing Dynasty Qianlong, caliber 8.6 cm, bottom diameter 11.8 cm, height 35 cm
This device has a straight mouth and a small amount of waste. It has a shoulder, a belly, a waist, a flat bottom, a shallow circle of feet, and a cover. The bundle pattern covers most of the belly, the red part is made of tortoise back brocade, decorated with auspicious patterns such as butterflies, bats, peaches, etc., and the blue part is painted with rolled grass patterns. Viewed from a little distance, it seems to be wrapped in real brocade, lifelike. Passion flower is painted inside the shoulder. The lower abdomen is decorated with various kinds of flowers with yellow glaze. The blue circle in the middle of the outsole has “Qianlong” double-row blue regular script
The pattern of the bundle is a very popular decorative theme on the imperial utensils in the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods of the Qing Dynasty. It is common in enamel, glass, porcelain, and so on. According to the records of the archives, the Qianlong Emperor’s favorite vessels would require the manufacturing office to specially prepare brocade packages or use nanmu boxes to contain them, and engraved the names and year numbers of the vessels on the box cover to show their treasures. The popularity of the bundle pattern should be related to this