May peace bless you forever
久安
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Pun Design: nine + quail
Punning Details：
The Chinese word ‘jiu 九’ for ‘nine’ puns on the word ‘jiu 久’ for ‘lasting’. The word ‘an 鹌’ in ‘an chun 鹌鹑’ for ‘quail’ makes a pun on ‘an 安’ for ‘peace’. Thus, the image of nine quails can be used to cue the auspicious message of ‘May peace bless you forever’.
Related Pun Picture:
Fig 1: falangcai enamelled porcelain vase, Yongzheng period (1723–35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 2: falangcai enamelled porcelain bowl, Yongzheng period (1723–35), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
Fig 3: porcelain vase, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of the Guimet Museum, Paris
Fig 4-5: falangcai enamelled porcelain vase, Qianlong period (1736–95), Qing dynasty, courtesy of Shanghai Museum, China
Fig 6-7: Everlasting Contentment 久安图, ink and colour on paper, Xu Yang (徐扬, ca. 1751–1776), 1773, courtesy of Yale University Art Gallery
Fig 8-9: Jiu An Da Ji Tu 久安大吉图, ink and colour on paper, Lu Zhi (sic) (陆治, 1496–1576), courtesy of the National Palace Museum, Taipei