Bowl with twelve magpies in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign 1723-1735

Bowl with twelve magpies in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign 1723-1735

• Image Number: K1B017690N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The bowl has a long mouth, a deep arc wall, a flat bottom, and a shallow circle of feet. The carcass is white and delicate. On the white ground of the bowl wall, one side is painted with slope stones, flowing water, green bamboos, white plums, and camellia, and twelve magpies flying or resting in it are decorated with different postures, many interactions, and meticulous painting. The painted branches, flowers, leaves, bamboo and stone slopes, etc. are outlined in black, and then filled with color. One side of the poem is inscribed in ink with the words, “Several times the wind blows to the Jade House, and it is passed on from time to time to the Jade Chi.” The poem is adapted from “Que” written by Han Ju of the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning and end of the poem, there are three seals, namely, “Phoenix Picking”, “Longevity Ancient”, and “Fragrance and Purity”, written in red ink. The ring foot is exposed, and the bottom has two lines of Song typeface made in Yongzheng year, plus two side frames. It is a pair of ancient porcelain 17691.