Porcelain cup with medallions of Four-seasons flower and fruit in doucai painted enamels, Chenghua reign (1465-1487), Ming dynasty

Porcelain cup with medallions of Four-seasons flower and fruit in doucai painted enamels, Chenghua reign (1465-1487), Ming dynasty

• Image Number: K1B005205N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The utensil is trumpet shaped with a flat bottom and concave feet. The inner wall is white glazed, and the outer wall is decorated with four flower and fruit patterns, including peony, lotus, chrysanthemum, pomegranate, peach fruit, persimmon, etc. Doucai decorations are all made of blue and white hooks, then filled with alum red, orange red, yellow, green, purple and other colors, and fired at low temperature for two times. The fetal bone is even and thin, the sole of the foot is exposed, white and delicate, and the fetal glaze is light orange. The blue and white flowers are elegant, the colored glaze is bright, and the white glaze is fine and slightly yellow. The blue and white book on the bottom of the vessel is in regular script with six characters and two lines, “Made in the Year of Chenghua in the Ming Dynasty”, with two side frames. Chenghua official kiln porcelain is famous for its compactness and delicacy. This cup of white glaze is delicate, smooth and clean, slightly green. The decorative outline is first made of blue and white hooks, then fired at high temperature, and then painted with red, purple, yellow and green. The name on the account of the cleaning committee is “Chenghua Doucai Tea Cup”.