Mei-p’ing vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with imperial poem and chrysanthemum décor 1743 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

Mei-p’ing vase in yang-ts’ai enamels with imperial poem and chrysanthemum décor 1743 (Ch’ien-lung reign)

• Image Number: K1B017913N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Plum bottle shape. The whole body is white glazed, one side is painted with four color chrysanthemums, and the other side is painted with ink in the poem “Looking for chrysanthemums in the rain” (1733), which was written by the Emperor Qianlong: “The autumn rain is falling and the green moss is growing. I am leisurely walking in the east fence today. I don’t know where the west wind will come from in the cold moon and cold days.” Under the poem, the red color description book “Qianlong Chenhan” and “unique” are printed in red and white. The body is thin and transparent, and the blue and white script “made in the year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” has six characters and three lines.