Dish with orchid, fungus, and rock in yellow ground of falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

Dish with orchid, fungus, and rock in yellow ground of falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

• Image Number: K1B014142N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  This plate has a long mouth, deep wall, short legs and thin fetal bone. The inside of the utensil is plain without lines. The outer wall of the utensil is decorated with yellow glaze. One side is painted with a piece of blue strange stone, and there are ganoderma lucidum and orchid around it. On the other side of the outer wall, a poem is written in ink, saying, “In the deep Yao Island, there is a fairyland path, and the spring is warm, and the orchids are fragrant.” The words, “The orchids are fragrant,” are derived from the five character quatrain of Ye Ziqi of the Ming Dynasty, “Smell the orchids on the pond.”. In front of the poem, there is a “beautiful woman”, and behind it, there are three red ink seals, “Longevity” (in white) and “Fragrance”. Two lines of blue Song typeface “made in Yongzheng” on the bottom of the vessel.