Blue and white flower flowerpot and toilet box

[Blue and white flower-pattern flowerpot and toilet box]

Blue and white flower-pattern flowerpot and toilet box, in Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, are 12.8 cm in height, 11.4 cm in height, 17.2 cm in diameter and 11.5 cm in foot diameter; The toilet box is 3.4 cm in height, 17.4 cm in diameter and 13.6 cm in foot diameter
The flowerpot has folded edges, deep belly and round feet. There are two round holes for water seepage at the bottom. The outer wall is decorated with blue and white. The seal character “Shou” is written in blue and white on the mouth edge for a week, and the blue and white bat is painted between the characters “Shou”, which means “both happiness and longevity”. The abdomen is painted with pine, plantain, peony, etc. The circle foot is painted with white glaze inside, and the center of the outsole is painted with blue and white seal “body and hall system” four-character double lines
The trousset box has folded edges, shallow walls and circular feet. The outer wall is painted with broken branches of peony, and the broken edge is painted with Fangsheng pattern, with broken branches of flowers between, and the edge is painted with echo pattern. The inside of the circle foot is painted with white glaze, and the outside bottom is also painted with blue and white seal “body and hall system” four-character double lines
This set of flowerpots is decorated with a birthday wish, and is marked with the “body and hall system”, indicating that it is a birthday wish porcelain specially fired by Jingdezhen Royal Kiln Factory during the reign of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty for the 50th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi in the tenth year of Guangxu (1884)


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