Blue and white goblet with exotic animal pattern

[Blue and white goblet with different animal patterns]

Blue and white goblet with different animal patterns, Ming Wanli, height 76.5 cm, caliber 22.6 cm, foot diameter 19.3 cm
Gu Kui petal type, open, folded up, long neck, convex ribs in the middle of the neck, bulging abdomen, high and long feet, slightly outward. The six characters of the regular script “the calendar year system of the Ming Dynasty” are written in the horizontal script along the outer edge, and the two columns are arranged outside. The neck is painted with cave stone, flowers, and grass and insect patterns. On the convex edge are painted with double dragons wearing flowers and eight treasure patterns of twining lotus. The lowest part of the neck is painted with a loop pattern. The eight sides of the abdomen are painted with exotic animals. The eight sides of the foot shank are painted with eight groups of broken flowers, pine and cypress, exotic animals, and flower patterns from the top to the bottom
This goblet is huge in shape, with an 8-petal arris shape, and the painted patterns are dense. From the shape to the patterns, it reflects the characteristics of the goblet in the Wanli period


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