Dish with blue landscape in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign 1723-1735-China Archive

Image Number: K1B017006N000000000PAG
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
Plate, narrow lip, shallow arc wall, short circle foot. The body is very thin, and the whole body is painted with enamel color with white glaze as the ground. The inner wall of the device is simple and plain, while the outer wall depicts the landscape with blue materials, and the buildings and towers are scattered, and the sails are set off. The strokes are delicate; The ink inscription in the blank space on one side reads: “The trees are close to the Nanshan Mountain, and the smoke is from the north.” It was written by Li Qiao, a poet in the early Tang Dynasty, in his five character poem “The East Village Banquet of the Princess Changning”; At the beginning and end of the poem, there are three seals of “longevity”, “mountain height” and “water length” respectively described in red materials, which echo the decorative patterns, and also form a beautiful sentence of “longevity” with auspicious implication. The outsole is made of four characters and two lines of imitation Song Dynasty style in blue book “Made in Yongzheng”, plus thick and thin double side frames. This kind of “green mountain water” enamel porcelain was very popular with Emperor Yongzheng.