Yang-Tsai style Baluster Vase with landscape patterns

Yang-Tsai style Baluster Vase with landscape patterns

Qing Dynasty (QIANLONG PERIOD)
It is 20.5cm tall with a 5.2cm mouth diameter and 5.5cm base diameter.
The baluster vase was made in a pair during Qianlong period. The vase is white-glazed, making it smooth and lustrous. The body is thin and translucent, and the outside is painted with pictures of green landscape and figures. The picture painted depicts high mountains, floating clouds, waterfalls and springs, and green trees, making it a beautiful scene alongside the resplendent Yuting pavilion. A piece of Qianlong’s poetry was written on the shoulder of the vase which describes the scenery of the royal gardens.
The palace, pavilion and bridge of the painting is outlined with soft brushing while the Sun and Moon as well as the tails of dragon and phoenix is painted in gold as a form of showing the dignity and magnificence of the architectures.
 

 

洋彩山水人物观音瓶

清乾隆。
高 20.5 厘米，口径 5.2 厘米，足径 5.5 厘米
此观音瓶烧制于乾隆年间，为对瓶。通体白釉，莹润细腻，胎薄透光。外壁绘通景青绿山水人物图，崇山叠嶂，烟云袅袅，飞瀑流泉，碧树重荫；设色殿宇亭阁，金碧辉煌。瓶肩山岭空处墨书乾隆御制诗一首，“芦荻萧萧碧流，长空渺渺望中秋。御河八月芙蓉紫，仿佛江南一段秋。”描绘皇家园林景致，画中殿宇，亭阁，小桥部分皆用细笔界画，屋宇顶上的日月金轮或龙凤脊尾，均加描金彩，表现建筑的庄严与富丽。