Painting and Cooking Tea with Purple Sand Clay from Yixing Kiln

[Yixing Kiln Purple Sand Clay Painting Tea Cooking Drawing Title: Qianlong Imperial Poetry and Culture Holding Pot]

Yixing Kiln Purple Sand Clay Painting Tea Cooking Drawing Title: Qianlong Imperial Poetry and Culture Holding Pot, Qing Dynasty Qianlong, height 9 cm, caliber 5.6 cm, foot diameter 6.6 cm
The pot is oblate, with a drum belly, a curved flow, a crank, and a circular foot. Attached is a round cap with a convex shape, and the cap is topped with a round bead button. The sand mud is purplish red in color, with a pure tone and fine sand texture. The clay on one side of the pot belly is painted with a map of pine trees and mountains, On the other side, there is a rectangular open light inscribed with a seven-character poem from the Emperor Qianlong’s poem “Cooking Tea in the Rain and Sleeping in the Study”, which reads, “Streams, Mountains, Rain, and the Wind of Willows and Willows are in the Sky. Bamboo stoves, tea, and valonia are in the Clear Set. There will be no difference between the calligraphy and painting of the Mi family. Pine winds flow through the raw fish’s eyes, and there is no need to distinguish between the Three Gorges in the middle of the Ling River. The fragrance of the poem is immortal, and the fragrance of the poem is imperceptible between the seats.” At the end of the sentence, there is a seal with the characters “Qian” in the round seal and the
This poem was written during the seventh year of Qianlong’s reign (1742) when Emperor Qianlong was on his way to visit the south of the Yangtze River by boat.

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