A square vase with blue glaze, gold ground, open light, pink, flower and bird patterns

[Ji Blue Glaze Painting Gold Ground Open Light Pink Flower and Bird Pattern Square Bottle]

Ji Blue Glaze Painting Gold Ground Open Light Pink Flower and Bird Pattern Square Bottle, Qing Qianlong, height 32.8 cm, caliber 10.2 × 7.9 cm, foot diameter 11.6 × 9.3 cm
The bottle is in a square corner shape, with a slightly slanted mouth, a long neck, and a straight stomach. The square corner is slanted outward and the feet are circled. The bottle is coated with turquoise green glaze. The outside of the bottle is decorated with a blue glaze decorated with gold tangled branches and lotus patterns, and the neck and feet are decorated with gold leaf patterns around each other. The four sides of the bottle’s belly are rectangular with white light, and the inside is painted with pastel paint to depict the mandarin duck, lotus, peach blossom, bird, asparagus mantis, and peony, chrysanthemum flowers. The inside of the bottle foot is painted with turquoise green glaze, and the outer bottom is decorated with a red alum colored seal script “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” in three lines and six characters< The shape of this utensil is a square corner, and the molding process is complex, making it quite difficult to burn. The patterns in the Kaiguang interior are elegantly colored, forming a sharp contrast to the blue glaze and gold ground, complementing each other.

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