Colorful Baby Play Picture Cup

[Colorful Baby Play Picture Cup]

Colorful Baby Play Picture Cup, with a height of 4.8 cm, a caliber of 6 cm, and a foot diameter of 2.7 cm
Cup deep style, straight mouth slightly open, belly gradually closed, circle foot. The mouth of the cup is painted with a blue and white line, and the outside is painted with a picture of baby play: the sky is floating with clouds, one child is holding the line to fly a kite, the other child is watching and dancing, the other three children are holding flowers for play, and the open space is supplemented with sunflower tree, banana, cinnamon stone, flowers and other decorations. In addition to blue and white, it is also filled with red, green and ochre colors. In the double columns of the foot, the blue and white regular script “made in Chenghua of the Ming Dynasty” has six characters and double lines
Colour-fighting was first created in the reign of Xuande in the Ming Dynasty. It is a method of using underglaze blue and white to draw lines, and then using underglaze painting to fill in colors. The Doucai craft became mature in Chenghua, and the fired Doucai porcelain was also the most exquisite. Because of the use of domestic equal blue materials, it had the characteristics of stable color and elegant color, and the gorgeous glaze color, which made it form an artistic style with clear priorities and complements each other. The Museum Highlights says: “If the Xuan kiln is multicolored, it is thick and piled up, and the color of the finished kiln is light and deep, which is quite picturesque.” Chenghua official kiln products often have small objects such as tall glasses, wine glasses, plates, bowls, pots, etc., which are exquisite and delicate in shape, delicate in body, pure in color, and elegant and elegant in painting. This colorful baby play cup is one of the representative works. The shape of this cup is light and elegant, the body is white and delicate, and the painted baby drama pattern is a rare theme in Chenghua ware, which is increasingly precious. There were imitations of this utensil during the reign of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty.

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