In late qing pastel 12 season flora cup (a)

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this product a set of twelve cups, horseshoe, modelling neat is rigorous, TaiZhi fine white. The outer wall and inner bottom with pastel painting flowers, another awarding in The other side of The outer wall “acknowledged to illuminate, flowers and poems are suitable, is very clever, The flowers are: another awarding January wintersweet, poetry” one cup of belongingness into bosom friend “. February yulan, poetry “two hobnob mountain flower open”; Peony, march poems “three litres of bamboo Lou pot filled with spring”. Peach blossom put in April, poetry “four gills perch an the qing zun shallow”; Pomegranate may, poetry “five grain of pine drunk also climb”; The Lotus flower in June, poetry “sixth make – up without color”. Okra, out poems “seven years black hat Huang Chen hold”; August osmanthus flowers, poems “drunk on eight years filled with”; September by poetry, “says hibiscus flowers up face to face”; October tianzhu, poetry “very wine platinum spoon”. November refers to poetry, “miles color apricot flowers red”; December the plum blossom, poetry “one cup of belongingness into bosom friend see color (12th street)”. Verse QianYin respectively before and after “benevolence”, “high zhiyuan”. Inside the box at the bottom of heart both sides, blue is the color book “qianlong year” four words double travel model to come.
December flora cup is kangxi jingdezhen imperial kiln of famous brand, every twelve, size, shape are the same, respectively in December seasonal flowers for decoration, and write the related lines. This product is on the basis of kangxi flora cup of December to develop new varieties, shape of horseshoe, painted flowers more colorful, more manifest the flower color, with poems by the way, only by month Numbers at the beginning, and has nothing to do with the flower itself. Relative Yu Kangxi flora cup, the product style is more lively, more bright colour collocation, do not have a taste. Relative Yu Kangxi flora cup, this fire quantity is less, more rare in the market, such as the product complete preservation is rare, rare exception.

refer to: “the national Palace Museum hidden treasures series – enamel, enamel, Ye Peilan editor, Shanghai science and technology publishing house, the commercial press (Hong Kong) co., LTD., 1999, pp. 237, 236, 211