Blue and white Sanskrit cup

[Blue and white Sanskrit cup]

Blue and white Sanskrit cup, 4 cm in height, 7 cm in diameter and 3 cm in foot diameter
Cup shallow open, oblique belly, concave feet. The outer mouth is decorated with two blue and white string patterns, the abdomen is written in Sanskrit with blue material for two weeks, and two lines of regular script “Da Ming Cheng Hua Year System” are written in two columns on both sides of the foot
Sanskrit began to appear on such utensils as monk hat pots and high-foot bowls in the Ming Xuande period, and became more popular in the Chenghua period, mostly on bowls, cups and other utensils. This cup is small in shape, thin in body, moist in glaze and elegant in blue and white. It is a representative work of Chenghua Blue and White


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