https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/10833/full'Bianhu' (flask) with bajixiang or the eight Buddhist emblemca.1736-95Overall: 49.8 x 37.5 cm (19 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)Porcelain with underglaze cobalt blueThe Robert Murray Bell and Ann Walker Bell Collection of Blue and White Chinese PorcelainOrigin: Jingdezhen, Jiangxi, ChinaG98.9.11Bianhu of circular form, and each of the slightly domed sides centered with a raised boss. The cylindrical neck has moulded S-shaped brackets, and raised on a rectangular foot rim. Painted in underglaze blue in the Ming-style simulating the "heaping and piling" effect, found on early Ming porcelain. The neck, shoulders and foot rim has a dense foliate lingzi scroll design. The circular panels has a key-pattern border centering a traditional design of eight radiating lotus petal panels each decorated with one of the bajixiang or eight Buddhist emblems. Six character Qianlong seal mark in underglaze blue.Chinese Ceramics InteractiveChinese Blue and White PorcelainChinese and Japanese Ceramics[]Asian CeramicsChinese Porcelain1818722085ChineseQing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong period (1736-1795)'Da Qing Qianlong nian zhi' (Made in the Qianlong reign of the great Qing dynasty)