Stem cup with sea creatures and billows in underglaze blue and overglaze red, Ming dynasty, Xuande reign, 1426-1435-China Archive

Image Number: K1B003306N000000000PAE
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The mouth is skimmed, the wall is slightly deep, the bottom is flat, and the feet are high. Twelve blue and white sea animals are decorated on the outer wall and high feet. Four immortal mountains are painted with blue and white flowers on the bottom of high feet. The gaps are all painted with vermilion waves. Two green lines are added to the inside, outside, bottom and foot edges. There is no grain inside the utensil. There are two lines and six characters in regular script with “Made in Xuande Year of the Ming Dynasty” written on the double blue lines at the bottom of the utensil. The fetal bone is even and thin, the white glaze is bright, the blue and white flowers are bright with iron brown defects, the red color is bright, the sole of the foot is flat and the fetus is exposed, it is light yellow, with slight iron spots, and there is a swirl mark left.