Teacup with “Ode on the Red Cliff” motif in underglaze blue, late Ming-early Qing dynasty (16th-17th centuries)-China Archive

Teacup with “Ode on the Red Cliff” motif in underglaze blue, late Ming-early Qing dynasty (16th-17th centuries)

Image Number: K1B002713N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Pie tea bell shape, mouth edge or there are shrinkage glaze defects, inlaid with a copper edge; The feet are short and round. The soles of the feet are in the shape of beveled jade walls. The feet are high outside the walls and low inside. They are wider and thicker than the common ones. The soles and round feet can be seen with traces of rotary bodies. The exposed parts are white and unglazed, and the bodies are thick. The blue and white painting on one side of the outer wall depicts Su Dongpo’s boat trip to Chibi with his friends; On the other side, there are poems and prose written in “Fu on the Red Cliff”. The blue and white script “Yongle Nian System” with two lines and four characters in the inner bottom is fake seal script. The shape of the tea bell is similar to the hand pressing cup shaped like Yongle in the early Ming Dynasty. From the Ming Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, the tea cups in civilian kilns were continuously made, and many were also made during the Wanli period. However, in the late Qing Dynasty, the size of the tea bell was smaller than that of the original Ming Dynasty because of the use of Gongfu tea ware or Japanese tea frying ceremony exported. The thickness of the carcass should also be made for the practical function of keeping the tea warm and fragrant. This pair of tea bells (porcelain 002713, porcelain 00