Qing yongzheng Blue and white honeysuckle grain small cup

• RMB 218500
• HKD 246336
• USD 32775
• EUR 24035

refer to: the imperial palace, a blue and white porcelain “in the qing dynasty porcelain, the Palace Museum in Taipei, in 1968, the figure 15
” Sun Ying chau ceramic world “, the Forbidden City publishing house, 2003, pp. 206-207, the figure 125

note: tiny mouth, arc, circle, the outer wall with cobalt to act the role ofing, mouth along, ring foot all draw double circle, mouth along the next act the role of tangled branches of ganoderma lucidum lines, the outer wall body painting honeysuckle grain, stem Ye Fanmao, line is fluent, layout density, blue and white hair color is composed.
in the Ming and qing dynasties porcelain production has obvious inheritance relationship. On such a small cup can be found in the earliest in the, the painting of the cobalt material wrapped lotus flower, folding branches sweet lotus lines to act the role ofing, clear and elegant, meaningful, and qing yongzheng emperor’s artistic pursuit, and yongzheng dynasty also produced this kind of blue and white lotus flower grain small cup. But with honeysuckle grain adornment is relatively rare, should be yongzheng original, or used for qing dynasty palace tea set.
the word “honeysuckle” first appeared in the han Chinese of “famous doctor don’t record”, or because of the winter cold ling, the depth the name honeysuckle. Honeysuckle grain has influence to the Indian Buddhism art deco, and with the art of Buddhism was introduced into our country. Adoption of honeysuckle and the use of the honeysuckle line of history is very long, culture is rich. Song dynasty poet Fan Chengda has the following poem: “clear fragrant honeysuckle rose thick, smoked with thousand village fell incense.” Described in the medical literature in the tang dynasty, the new material medica honeysuckle, said its “gan, wen, avirulent… Long time take intellectual man fit, long life “. In the Ming dynasty in the compendium of materia medica write honeysuckle can treat abdominal distention, cure all the wind dampness and poison is swollen, and honeysuckle have long used as a medicine. Honeysuckle lines so wishes with health and longevity. Honeysuckle lines appear often in the form of tendrils continuous, or symbols similar to Buddhism “cycle of eternal life”.