Pun Design ：

Gourd + Bat

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