Lidded bowl in yangcai enamels with Chinese wisterias and birds decor on a turquoise blue ground, Qing dynasty, Daoguang reign (1821-1850)

Lidded bowl in yangcai enamels with Chinese wisterias and birds decor on a turquoise blue ground, Qing dynasty, Daoguang reign (1821-1850)

• Image Number: K1B008322N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  Bowl mouth, deep belly, short circle foot, with lid. The white glaze at the bottom of the cover bowl and the inside of the cover foot has no lines, and the rest is painted with blue ground pastel. The whole body uses the lake green glaze as the ground, and a pair of thrushes, wisteria flowers, roses and other flowers sing to each other are painted on it. The blue ground has uneven glaze intensity, and is covered with flake patterns. Purple, pink purple, pink, green, pink green and other colors are stacked in thick clusters. The blue and white flowers at the bottom of the cover and the bottom of the bowl are written in four character two line regular script “Made by Shendetang”. “Shende Hall” is the hall name of Emperor Daoguang’s palace in the Old Summer Palace. The use of covered bowls in the Qing Dynasty was more common than that in the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Daoguang, there were many objects made in the “Shendetang System”, especially covered bowls. This piece is full of painted patterns, gorgeous and generous. However, compared with the Qianlong official kiln in the peak period of the Qing Dynasty, the decoration of the circle foot is slightly rough, the blue ground is uneven, and the painting is sloppy. The porcelain of Empress Dowager Cixi’s Dayazhai also has the same pattern and glaze