An Imitation Official Glaze Porcelain Garlic-head Bottle
大清雍正年制仿官釉蒜頭瓶
大清雍正年制款
Ht.38cm Wd.26cm
Bottle with garlic head-shaped mouth, neck tied, belly puffed, feet lying, massive and magnificent. The whole body of the bottle is covered with glaze, and the gold wire is opened, which is full of ancient meaning. The iron black tire is exposed on the round of the bottom, imitating the iron feet of the Song ware, and the center of the bottle wrote the six-character blue and white seal script of the Qing Dynasty Qianlong. The garlic bottle was named after the mouthful of garlic. It appeared in the late Warring States period and was popular in the Qin and Han Dynasties. Song dynasty people believed that the garlic head-shaped mouth can be plugged, the neck is slender and can be held, and the belly of the bottle is low and can be filled, so it is called a warm pot and used as a wine vessel. The antique style in the Qing Dynasty was very strong, and the garlic-head shaped bottle also became one of the important shapes of the imperial kiln at this time, and its firing flourished.
Yongzheng seal mark
瓶蒜頭口，束頸，鼓腹，臥足，體量碩大，氣勢恢宏，瓶周身罩哥釉，開金絲鐵線，古意盎然。底足一周露鐵黑色胎，以仿宋器鐵足之意，底心落「大清乾隆年制」六字青花篆書款。
蒜头瓶因口若蒜头而得名，出现于战国晚期，流行于秦汉。宋人认为蒜头口可塞，瓶颈细长，可握持，瓶腹扁矮，可盛装，故称之为温壶，用作酒器。清代仿古之风甚盛，蒜头瓶亦在此时成为御窑的重要造型之一，烧造大盛。