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: 11cm, caliber: 5cm, foot diameter: 5.5cm

The body of the pot is round, with a bulging belly and rounded feet. Thin curved flow, ear shaped handle. Attach a Mantou shaped cover with a round bead button on the top. Camel colored fine sand mud, smooth and smooth. On both sides of the abdomen are decorated with rectangular corners to open the light, and on one side is carved a seven-character poem titled “Cooking Tea in the Rain and Sleeping in the Study” by Emperor Qianlong, which reads: “Streams of smoke, mountains, rain, and the air are shrouded in mist, and living clothes are made of willow and willow wind alone. Bamboo stoves, tea, and valonia are covered with clear wrasse, and the calligraphy and painting of the Mi family will be different. When the pine wind blows, there is no need to distinguish between the fish’s eyes, and the three gorges in the middle of the river. The fragrance and fragrance of the immortal Lu Qin’s poem, and between the seats, the fragrance of the embankment turns imperceptibly.” At the end of the sentence. On the other side, the clay inside is painted with a tea cooking diagram
This type of pot is the only one remaining in the collection of the Palace Museum. It not only has a unique shape, but also the light camel colored sanded clay has disappeared since the Qianlong Dynasty

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