This is from the National Palace Museum in Taipei, dated to the Kangxi period. This pot is part of the imperial collection – probably for use in the palace for whatever it is they fancy. It has some very nice enamel decoration on it, and supposedly a box was created in the Qianlong period for this item, although the box is now lost (in the back you see the corner of a box for something else). And, it’s big – probably a 400ml size.
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Aardvark Cheeselog // January 1, 2018 at 1:21 pm |
Tea for 8!
Ashley Hoober // September 9, 2018 at 8:54 pm |
very cool and interesting. I’m not ashamed to say that I would drink the whole pot by myself in one sitting hahahaha