During the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi's Five Colored Tiangong created the "Silkworm friendly" Tianqiu Bottle

During the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi's Five Colored Tiangong created the "Silkworm friendly" Tianqiu Bottle

The shape of the Tianqiu bottle is small mouth, straight neck, ample shoulder, false ring foot, and slightly concave sand bottom. Because the belly of the round ball is huge, as if descending from the sky, it is named
Tianqiu Bottle, a Five Colored Public Case Figure of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

Tianqiu Bottle, a Five Colored Public Case Figure of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty

The function of the Tianqiu vase in the Qing Dynasty was to display porcelain. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Tianqiu vases were fired, but they were mainly popular during the Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties. They were mostly fired by royal kiln factories for display in the palace and reward to ministers. In the early Qing Dynasty, Kangxi and Yongzheng had relatively thick and short necks, and the mouth was mostly straight. Moreover, the height of the Tianqiu vase was around 50-60cm.