“Da Yazhai” type green space pastel flower and bird pattern high foot plate

[“Da Ya Zhai” type green space pastel flower and bird pattern high foot plate]

“Da Ya Zhai” type green space pastel flower and bird pattern high foot plate, Qing Guangxu, height 11.3 cm, caliber 24.7 cm, foot diameter 9.7 cm
The plate is open, with a shallow arc belly, and a hollow lower bearing with high feet. The interior and exterior of the building are decorated with turquoise green glazed ground powder colors. The outer wall is painted with wisteria flowers. A gold colored single hoop protrudes from the high foot, and below the hoop is painted with sea water and river cliff patterns. The plate is painted with wisteria flowers and rose flowers. A bird perches on a wisteria branch, and the words “Da Ya Zhai” are inscribed in alum red regular script from right to left along the lower margin of the mouth. Next to it, there is a seal in the form of “Heaven and Earth, One Family, Spring” in alum red color seal script
“Heaven and Earth, One Family in Spring” is a plaque hanging on a building in the Yuanmingyuan Garden. It is said that this is the place where Cixi (who was a Langui person at that time) was blessed and prospered by the emperor in the spring of the fourth year of Xianfeng, and was burned down by the British and French allied forces in 1860. “Da Ya Zhai” is the name given by Empress Dowager Cixi to her studio. These two types of porcelain were specially fired for Empress Dowager Cixi by the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory during the Guangxu period.

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