Bowl with camellia and plum blossom in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

Bowl with camellia and plum blossom in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)

• Image Number: K1B017548N000000000PAB
• 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 is plain without lines. The outer wall is painted with blue stone as the center, and decorated with camellia, red, white plum flowers and dwarf bamboo. On the other side of the outer wall, there is a line “light makeup and thin shadows” written in ink. The poem comes from the first line of the seven character quatrain of Wang Yun of the Yuan Dynasty “The Double Clear Picture of Zhao Mengqing”. 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.