清 Qing dynasty
軸 紙本設色 Hanging scroll, ink and colors on paper
129cm (H) x 62.9cm (W)
汪承霈(?-1805年)，字春農，浙江錢塘人，以書畫供奉內廷。此幅圖像呈現乾隆御製詩「以昭百福繁生息嘉與三農望阜成」。全幅大量使用象徵意義與諧音，表達吉祥意涵。其中短頸大罐上飾有大量「紅蝠」，搭配穿插其間的捲雲，構成「鴻福齊天」之意象。另外，瓶插嘉禾、柏樹，又配合笙、嘉量、銅壺及水盂等子題，彰明在皇帝賢明的統治之下，天下萬物生息繁盛，三農皆可平安豐收。
Wang Cheng-Pei (?-1805), style name Chunnong, originally of Qiantang in Zhejiang, was a provider of Chinese paintings and calligraphy to the Qing Inner Court. This scroll depicts the imagery described in the poem by Emperor Qianlong, “to celebrate the multiplication of prosperity by a hundredfold, and to commend the success of the three agricultural processes”, and thus makes broad use of auspicious symbols and homonyms to represent fortune and harmony. The short-necked great ping vessel in the scroll is adorned with a multitude of red (hung4 紅) bats (fuk1 蝠) interspersed with rolled clouds, representing a homonym for great (hung4 鴻) fortune (fuk1 福) as high as the heavens. A ping vase containing auspicious rice stalks and a cypress tree is accompanied by a sheng instrument, an auspicious grain measure, a bronze hu vessel, a water vessel, and a military pennant. Together, these convey the message that under the wise and enlightened governance of the emperor, all living things under the sky grow and prosper, and that the three key agricultural processes of spring ploughing, summer tillage, and autumn harvest will proceed smoothly and bring about rich bounty.
