Lidded tea jar in pale green glaze, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

Lidded tea jar in pale green glaze, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)

• Image Number: C1B001287N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  Round mouth, deep abdomen, flat bottom, concave foot, with flat top and round cover. The inside and outside of the whole vessel are covered with holly glaze. The glaze color is uniform, light green with green, and the glaze surface is full of large and small bubbles. The fetal bone is slightly heavy, and the line of fetal glaze is orange. The blue and white book “made in Kangxi year of the Qing Dynasty” has six characters and two lines in regular script. This kind of lid can was made from Kangxi to the late Qing Dynasty. It has several sizes and is used by the Qing Palace to hold various kinds of tea. During the Qianlong period, the Qing Palace was named “Qianlong bean green tea jar” in the “Survey Report”. Obviously, this type of cap jar has been used as tea jar and tea warehouse since the early Qing Dynasty.