Teapot in fa-lang-ts’ai enamels with decoration of “happy messages” symbols, Yung-cheng reign (1723-1735), Ch’ing dynasty

Teapot in fa-lang-ts’ai enamels with decoration of “happy messages” symbols, Yung-cheng reign (1723-1735), Ch’ing dynasty

• Image Number: K1B014001N000000000PAE
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  This teapot is round, with a curved front and a curved back handle, and a bead shaped button cover. There is a piece of blue stone under the handle on the outer wall of the utensil, two red and white plum trees, several bamboo clusters and rose flowers, and twelve magpies flying or perching in it, which means reporting good news from time to time. On the other side of the outer wall, a poem was written in ink, saying, “A bird sends a plum blossom to you, one at a time.”. 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.