Dish with plum-blossom and bamboo inside a polychrome green exterior in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Dish with plum-blossom and bamboo inside a polychrome green exterior in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017004N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Open, shallow arc wall, flat bottom, short circle foot. Two red plum trees and green bamboo trees are painted on the white floor of the dish. The inscription in the ink is: “A few green bamboo trees will encircle the vermilion moon overnight.” The vermilion “spring comes first”, “longevity is ancient” and “fragrance is clear” are painted up and down. On the light green ground of the outer wall, the hexagonal hydrangea and the brocade pattern of the swastika are painted in green, blue and ochre. In the gaps, flowers such as Anemone rotundus and wild chrysanthemums are painted. Tapered palindromes are painted on the foot edges, and the mouth and foot are left blank. The tire is thin and transparent, and the bottom is made of blue material, “made in the year of Qianlong”, in four characters and two lines, in imitation of Song typeface regular script, with two side frames.