May good fortune and ample official income come to your doorstep
福禄双至
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Pun Design ：
Punning Details：
– hu lu (葫芦 gourd) in Chinese is pronounced similar to ‘fu (福 good fortune)’ and ‘lu (禄 official emolument)
– ‘fu 蝠’ in ‘bian fu 蝙蝠’ (meaning ‘bat’) is a pun on ‘fu 福’ (also meaning ‘good fortune’ or ‘happiness’). It is added to the image of gourd to emphasise the good wish.
画面要素: 葫芦 + 蝙蝠
谐音详情: ‘葫芦’与‘福禄’谐音；取‘蝙蝠’ 中 ‘蝠’ 与 ‘福’ 谐音，以加强祝愿。
Fig 1: porcelain dish with underglaze blue and overglaze enamelled decoration, Yongzheng period (1723–35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of Tokyo National Museum
Fig 2: porcelain bowl decorated with molded design of bats and gourds and pea-green (douqing) glaze, Yongzheng period (1723–35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Fig 3: famille rose gourd shaped vase, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of Tokyo National Museum
Fig 4: porcelain vase, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 5: glass snuff-bottle with enamelled decoration, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of Palace Museum, Beijing
Fig 6: glass double gourd vase with enamelled decoration, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 7: falangcai enamelled porcelain vase, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 8: double gourd vase, c.1750–1799, courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Fig 9-10: wooden container, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei