Planter with daylily pattern in fencai painted enamels and “Tihedian zhi” mark, Qing dynasty, Guangxu reign (1871-1908)

Planter with daylily pattern in fencai painted enamels and “Tihedian zhi” mark, Qing dynasty, Guangxu reign (1871-1908)

• Image Number: K1B000672N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Floral apparatus
• Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
• Description:
  The flower pot is folded along the edge, with deep belly, flat bottom and feet. The whole vessel is coated with powder white glaze, and the decorative pattern is started with red and black lines, with glass white as the solvent, and then filled with various colored materials. Colorful clouds are drawn along the mouth, and the lips are painted with a moire. The body is yellow glazed. Hemerocallis fulva grows between two brown plum branches. The leaves are green and the flowers are vermilion. The overall color is colorful and eye-catching. There are two round water seepage holes at the bottom of the vessel, and the bottom center is made of “body and palace” Zhu calligraphy and seal characters. According to the record of the yellow label on the original manuscript of the works collected by the Palace Museum in Beijing, at that time, in addition to burning the flowerpot of this exhibition piece and one pair of “Fendi Blue and White Flowers”. It is not difficult to find the difference in layout by observing the decorative relationship between this exhibition piece, the blue and white Hemerocallis Basin (hence Porcelain 08119) and the sample manuscript. For example, hemerocallis fulva and plum branches lean to the right, plum branches embrace hemerocallis fulva, and plum flowers are in full bloom and bud. Description of this phenomenon