Bowl with birds and flowers in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

Bowl with birds and flowers in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

• Image Number: K1B017049N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  This bowl has a long mouth, a deep arc wall and a short circle. The inside of the utensil was plain without lines. On one side of the outer wall of the utensil was painted a blue stone, on which stood two pheasants, one big and one small. The pheasants were surrounded by rice ears, pink roses and blue wild chrysanthemums. Under the rice ears, there were nine quails that pecked or spread their wings. On the other side of the outer wall, there are written in ink the poem “Eternal memorial ceremony for Jin Ou to open the life field, and peace and happiness for thousands of years”. In front of the poem, there is “Jiali”, and behind the poem, there are three red ink seals, “Jincheng” and “Xuying”. The bottom of the utensil is provided with two lines of blue Song typeface made in Yongzheng year. According to the motif and the content of the poem, this bowl may be the “bowl of enduring peace and stability” in the files of the office of Yongzheng on the third day of May, the tenth year of the reign of Emperor Yongzheng.