Dish with plum blossom in yellow ground of falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

Dish with plum blossom in yellow ground of falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

• Image Number: K1B014170N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  This dish has narrow mouth, shallow arc wall and short circle foot. The inside of the utensil is plain without lines. The outer wall of the utensil is yellow and painted with red and white plum blossoms. On the other side of the outer wall, there is a poem written in ink, “Light and light shines on the stream, concealing the lower Yaotai”. Two lines are quoted from the first couplet of Du Mu’s five character poem “Mei” in the Tang Dynasty. There are three red seals in front of the poem, “Spring comes first”, and then “Longevity” (in white) and “Fragrance”. The bottom of the utensil is provided with two lines of blue Song typeface made in Yongzheng year.