Dish with flower inside a carved purple exterior in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

Dish with flower inside a carved purple exterior in falangcai painted enamels, Qianlong reign (1736-1795), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B017001N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Low mouth, shallow arc wall, flat bottom, short circle foot. On the white ground, the inner part of the instrument is painted with enamel, and the ink inscription reads: “The orchids are fragrant in spring”. The upper and lower vermilion seals are printed with “Yu Xin”, “Shou” and “Qi”. On the outer wall, the eggplant purple ground is tapered with six square patterns of brocade ground, and two broken branches of foreign lotus are painted in the gap. The edge of the mouth and the bottom edge are tapered with a curly grass pattern, while the foot edge is tapered with a wishful pattern, 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.