Chicken cup in doucai painted enamels, Ming dynasty, Chenghua reign, 1465-1487-China Archive

Image Number: K1B005196N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: drinking vessel
Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
Description:
Low mouth, low wall, flat bottom, concave foot. There are two groups of chicken rhinoceros interspersed among the colored lake stones on the outer wall, each of which is a male and female chicken with three chicks. The flower lake stones are outlined by underglaze blue and white painting, and then filled with red, yellow, green and brown colors. Adult chickens are outlined with solid pens or dotted lines, and painted with multiple colors. The chicken lines are clearly drawn and lightly painted, and only filled with light yellow. Draw three blue lines at the mouth edge and bottom edge. The inner surface is plain white without lines. The blue and white “Ming Dynasty Chenghua Year System” in the back cover is in regular script with six characters on both sides.