[Qianlong Painting Enamel with Western Scenery Figure Drawing Begonia Flower Vase]
Qianlong Painting Enamel with Western Scenery Figure Drawing Begonia Flower Vase, Qianlong Qing Dynasty, height 50.5cm, caliber 16cm, foot diameter 14cm
The bottle is made in a four-petal begonia pattern, with a neck tied, a templet belly tucked down, and rounded feet. The overall body is slender, and the shoulders are decorated with animal heads, rings, and ears. The full-bodied hammer has hidden large rolled leaf patterns and is gilded, with colored flower patterns filled in between. The abdomen is symmetrically lit on both sides, with a portrait of Western scenery inside. The foot is covered with white glaze, and the blue rectangular column in the center is inscribed with the seal script “Made in the Qianlong Year of the Qing Dynasty”
This bottle is a tribute made for the court in Guangzhou during the Qianlong period. The landscape map drawn is typical of Western painting style, with particularly prominent gilded large scrolled leaf patterns, with baroque dynamic, bold, and exaggerated artistic features, flowing light, overflowing colors, and gorgeous beauty. This work is a historical witness and masterpiece of the spread of the West
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