Pot with two quails in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign 1723-1735

Pot with two quails in falangcai painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign 1723-1735

• Image Number: K1B017752N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The shape is the same as before. The pot belly is open on both sides. On one side, a pair of magpies stop on the slope stone between the bamboo groves and flowers in enamel painting. On the left, the inscription is written in ink: “Whisk the feathers and beautiful flowers, wear the forest and treasure trees.”, Describing a seal of “gentleman” with red material; On the other side, two quails are painted under the ears of grain and hibiscus flowers to look for food, with slope stones and daisies interspersed between them. On the upper left, there is also an inscription in ink: “Carve several colorful feasts every year, and rejoice to hear that hundreds of victories will reward two quails.” Under the sentence, two seals of “Xu” and “Ying” are printed on the red material description book. The open space is full of ink color tangled lotus patterns. The top of the cover button is decorated with color flowers. The cover is also full of ink color tangled lotus patterns. The fetal bone is thin, transparent, fine and white. The blue material on the bottom of the vessel is “made in the year of Yongzheng”, in four characters and two lines, in imitation of the regular script of the Song Dynasty, with two side frames. In the 38th year of the Republic of China, this teapot was stored in Taiwan’s account book and named “Yongzheng Enamel Teapot”. Later, it was picked by the predecessors according to the pictures of magpies and double quails