Flower pot with decoration of flowers and birds in wucai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Flower pot with decoration of flowers and birds in wucai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: K1B002532N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Floral apparatus
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The flower pot is made of five petal plum blossom, flat folded along the mouth, with a raised edge along the edge, deep wall, cloud shaped foot. A round drainage hole is dug at the bottom. The six character regular script of “Made in the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty” is written in blue and white horizontally under the mouth edge. The fetal bone is thick and firm, the whole body is covered with white glaze, and the glaze color is clear and transparent. On top of the white glaze, various low-temperature glaze colors are used to paint images and simplified patterns. The folding edge is decorated with four seasons flowers. The murals around the basin depict flowers and birds. The foot edges are decorated with delicate flower patterns. The patterns of density and change make the 17th century imperial flowerpots look magnificent. The multicolored porcelain painting popular in the late Ming Dynasty continued to develop in the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. For example, in the works of Kangxi official kilns, black color materials were used more frequently, and the emergence of overglaze blue color could also break through the previous practice of using underglaze blue and white as the five color pattern