The large blue and white jardiniere is of tapering form, body depicts flowers and vines between scrolling ruyi and lappet bands, set on top of carved five-leg support stand in naturalistic design, the jardiniere bottom unglazed.|Qing Dynasty period.||Height: 11 in (27.9 cm) Diameter: 23 1/4 in (59.1 cm)|清乾隆 青花纏枝蓮紋大缸 |缸撇口，斜直壁，深腹，造型規整碩大。器身施白釉，口沿繪如意紋，通體以青花繪纏枝西番蓮紋，初開者、怒放者兼有之，生動傳神。近足部施仰蓮紋以作襯托。此件大缸器形大而不失俏麗，繪畫筆法粗曠豪放，線條流暢自然。青花發色大類明朝青花蘇勃尼青料的暈散效果，深淺相應，濃淡相宜，極爲悅目。雍容典雅的器形，潔白瑩潤的胎釉，舒展流暢的紋飾，凝重典雅的青花，製作技藝的精湛正是典型的乾隆時期的青花特點。 缸類器物因其形製巨大，胎體厚重，故而在燒造過程中極易爆裂變形，成品率極低。本器器形周正，且經歷百餘年風雨仍保存完好，難能可貴。若置於方室中養魚，水清魚靈，頗得古雅之韻；亦可用作文房之用，別有一番情趣。