Colorful shallow cup with folded branches

[Doucai Folding Pattern Light Cup]

Doucai Folding Pattern Light Cup, Mingcheng, 3.4 cm high, 7.4 cm caliber, 4.8 cm foot diameter
The cup is open, with shallow arc belly and round foot. The inner bottom is painted with a blue and white cross pestle, and the intersection is written in Sanskrit. The cross pestle is surrounded by 8 deformed lotus petal patterns, and the lotus petal is written in Sanskrit. There are 4 groups of painted broken flowers on the outer wall. The bottom of the sand is fine. The outer bottom glaze and model year were worn away by later generations
This cup is a new shape created by Chenghua kiln. Its shape and decoration are very novel. The glaze is translucent, highlighting blue and white and green color, and the color is elegant and fresh. In addition to painting broken branches and flowers, this kind of cup also has a painting of five donors, all of which have not been handed down many times
The Ming official kiln porcelain was decorated with Sanskrit in the Yongle period. It was also produced in the Xuande period, but it was most popular in Chenghua period, when it was used to pray for Buddha in the court.

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