Gluttonous vase with asparagus and banana leaves

[Bottle with gluttonous patterns of asparagus and banana leaves]

Bottle with gluttonous patterns of asparagus and banana leaves, 29 cm in height, 9.9 cm in diameter and 9.4 cm in foot diameter. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The bottle has an open mouth, a flat edge, a neck, a full shoulder, a tight belly, a slightly retracted foot, and an outer edge of the foot, which echoes the mouth, with a thick and dignified shape. The whole body is pasted with light bamboo yellow as the ground, with dark bamboo yellow as the flower. The motif of the pattern is an archaic geometric pattern, which is composed of various points and lines. It is flexible and diverse: the edge of the mouth is decorated with retro patterns; The neck string lines are divided into sections by zigzag lines, and Ruyi lines are used inside to create a simple animal face; Shoulders are decorated with a lotus pattern, a twig pattern, and a diamond circle geometric pattern; The belly has a large area of gluttonous pattern of banana leaves; The foot is decorated with a variation of Kui phoenix pattern
This bottle has partially broken due to aging, revealing many process traces. From the shoulder cracks and the foot knife marks, we can see the production method of the bottle’s wooden tire, and the splicing design of the bamboo and yellow pieces is also relatively clear. For example, the belly is bounded by the bridge of the nose with six gluttonous patterns, which is pasted in sections, which is conducive to the integrity of the pattern modeling, and is quite ingenious
Among the existing asparagus products of the court in the middle of the Qing Dynasty, many of them drew on the shapes and decorative patterns of the bronze Yi wares of the Shang and Zhou dynasties, which are closely related to the court interest, social atmosphere, and academic and cultural trends at that time. This device reflects the general style of antique artifacts in the middle of the Qing Dynasty