Huangyu Sanyang Kaitai Double Cap Bottle

Huangyu Sanyang Kaitai Double Capped Bottle

Huangyu Sanyang Kaitai Double Capped Bottle, Qing Qianlong, with a total height of 10.8 cm and a width of 17.5 cm. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The bottle is made of yellow jade, and the large bottle is centered. It is oblate and has an oval mouth and feet, with a lid on the mouth, and a beast button is embossed on the cover. The body of the bottle is plain and embossed with a flat dragon pattern. The bottle bottom is engraved with four characters of the “Qianlong Year System” seal script. Three sheep, two large and one small, are embossed on one side of the large bottle, with the lamb standing on the back of a large sheep. The other side of the large bottle is supported by a jade beast. The small bottle has a circular mouth and feet, and the outside of the bottle is embossed with a dragon phoenix pattern
As livestock closely related to the production and life of Chinese ancestors, sheep have been given a certain mysterious color since ancient times. People often associate the name of sheep with human disasters and blessings, such as “sheep disasters” and “hanging sheep on the head door to eliminate thieves”. They also associate “sheep” with “auspicious”, and write “auspicious” as “auspicious sheep”. In Hanwa, there is also the word “big auspicious sheep”. In addition, the ancients believed that “beauty” and “goodness” were both related to sheep, so using sheep as decoration was often used to express auspicious and beautiful wishes
This article is finely crafted from high-quality and precious topaz, and has the style of “Made in the reign of Qianlong”, making it a representative jade treasure in the mid Qing Dynasty.