Cup with green glaze. Qing dynasty, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735)-China Archive

Image Number: K1B002937N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Turquoise green glaze tea cup is open, straight arc wall, short circle foot. The white glaze inside the vessel has no grain, and the outer wall is covered with light green glaze. The glaze color is light green and elegant, and the glaze surface is covered with fine pieces. The blue and white book “made in the reign of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty” is in six character and two line regular script, with two side frames. It is commonly known that this kind of clean light green slightly yellow is called blowing green, because it is made by the technique of blowing glaze. Blowing green is the representative glaze color of the low-temperature enamel green glaze in the Yongzheng Dynasty, which is commonly seen in small articles. As the glaze color is difficult to control, dozens of green blown and jadeite glazed cups collected by our hospital almost have color difference, some are green, some are yellow. This size is a small tea circle, also known as a cup. Yongzheng’s “Work File” records that there are large and small magnetic tea circles fired by the court, and those with a diameter of 10 cm are large tea circles.