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The bottle has a straight and sturdy neck, a round abdomen, and round feet. The mouth is painted with sea water patterns, the outer wall is painted with blue and white, and the underglaze red is painted with cloud dragons going out to sea, and the shins are painted with waves rolling. The outer sole is inscribed with six characters and three lines of blue and white seal script "Made in the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty". The neck and abdomen are fully painted with cloud dragon patterns, and the blue and white clouds are swirling and surging; In the underglaze red painting, a green dragon leaps in the clouds, its mouth and teeth are angry, its beard and hair are scattered, and its momentum is majestic. Its right front paw extends forward to chase the fire bead in front of it, and its muscles bulge. The dragon's claws are three toed, all sharp and sharp, and its momentum is stunning. Its figure appears and disappears in the clouds, fully embodying the agility of a flying dragon in the sky, with great artistic expression. It is clearly influenced by the painting style of Chen Rong in the Southern Song Dynasty, as seen in the Ink Dragon and Nine Dragons paintings. The characteristics of the Ming Dynasty dragon pattern are more than those of this artifact: three claws, flat nose, round and glaring eyes, delicate and dense mane, and magnificent dragon horns. This bottle draws inspiration from the commonly used expression of "three appearances of the dragon's body in the clouds" during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty. The dragon's body is only exposed in three sections, and the other parts are covered by floating clouds, so it is called "one body three appearances", which indeed has the feeling of "clouds following the dragon". The scroll cloud pattern is meticulously carved and the picture is realistic. Blue and white hair color is serene and elegant, with a bright and pure alum red color. The color contrast is harmonious and pleasing to the eye. The painting technique is superb, depicting the majestic and vivid giant dragon leaping between the auspicious clouds, fully reflecting the royal majesty of the flying dragon in the sky. The dragon depicted in this work is majestic, soaring between the sea and clouds, reflecting red and blue. It successfully combines Song painting techniques with porcelain painting, a new artistic medium, which has left viewers amazed. As mentioned earlier, the cloud dragon pattern depicted in this product is derived from the Chen Rong ink dragon painting, with a vivid charm. The sharp three toed dragon claws are particularly eye-catching and have distinct characteristics of the times. This type of dragon pattern is common in Tang, Song, and Yuan arts and crafts, while it is extremely rare in the Qing Dynasty. At this time, almost all official kilns were modeled as five clawed dragons. Looking at the reason for this, it can be concluded that this product uses Chen Rong painting as a powder, which is a unique "painting meaning" imperial porcelain.