Pao made garlic bottle

[Pao made garlic bottle]

Pao made garlic bottle, Qing Kangxi, 13.8 cm high, 4.1 cm caliber, 7.2 cm foot diameter
The bottle has a thin neck, shoulders and belly, and the shape is regular and full. The mouth bulges like garlic head, decorated with three convex strings, and inlaid with dyed teeth. From the mouth down to the abdomen, there are six concave lines that are vertically connected. The body is divided into six petals, each of which forms its own decorative unit. They are all decorated with embossed Ruyi cloud head pattern, arc pattern and curly grass hanging shoulder pattern under the neck, and the abdomen is decorated with a single lotus pattern and curly grass curling up. There are also two convex string patterns in the lower abdomen. The bottom of the device is a six-petal sunflower-shaped ring foot, with the seal of “Kangxi Appreciation” in regular script
Pao is gourd. Pao ware is a wonderful work in Chinese arts and crafts. That is to say, in terms of this utensil, the method of modeling used is an important technique in the process of pao utensil. In short, when the gourd is young, put it into the prepared model with the embossed pattern. When it grows up, it fits perfectly with the model. After taking it out, you can get the gourd with the embossed pattern. Its decorative patterns are natural, not unexpected, and are exquisite, in line with the traditional aesthetic pursuit of China. This law has a long history, and it has been applied to the court since the Qing Dynasty. Fan Pao’s method is easy to say, but difficult to implement. People with beautiful shape and decoration are often not equal to one in ten. Therefore, it is very rare to create works with clear, uniform thickness and no faint spots like garlic bottles. What is more valuable is that the pattern between each petal is natural and seamless, and the embossment on the concave line at the junction and the embossment on the lotus pattern have the technical difficulties of having yang in yin or yin in yang, but there is no disorder, which undoubtedly represents the level reached by the court Fan Pao during the Kangxi period


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