Five-coloured mandarin lotus carrying beam pot

[Five-colored mandarin lotus pattern lifting beam pot]

Five-colored mandarin lotus pattern lifting beam pot, Ming Wanli, height 20.5 cm, caliber 8.7 cm, foot diameter 11.8 cm
Pot lip, short neck, full shoulder, round belly, round foot. Shoulder with lifting beam and meander. It is attached with an umbrella-shaped cover, with a bead-shaped button on the top. Full body blue and white multicolor decoration. The belly is painted with a picture of mandarin ducks in a lotus pond. The shoulder is painted with cloud head pattern for one week, and the foot is painted with deformed lotus pattern for one week. Covered with flowers, birds and butterflies. The handle and the stream are painted with clusters of flowers. The overglaze color used is mainly red, yellow and green. Apply white glaze inside the circle foot. The outsole is printed with blue and white regular script “Da Ming Wanli Year System” in double lines and six characters, and the outer blue and white double circles
This pot is used for drinking tea in the palace. The composition is full, the decorative lines are thick, and the patterns are lively
The multicolored small wares in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty are similar to those in the Jiajing period. There are a little more varieties, and the large wares are more and more popular ū Yin Gu), garlic head bottle, large gourd bottle, etc. are typical. At this time, the multicolored wares were almost all blue and white, and there were few underglaze multicolored wares in the handed down products.

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