A Lake Blue Glazed Porcelain Cup
湖藍釉耳杯
大清乾隆年制款
Lg.12cm Wd.10cm Ht.4cm
The shape of the cup is an oval, shallow, flat bottom. There are two semilunar ears on both sides of the mouth, exquisite figure. The whole body is covered with lake blue glaze, which is as bright as grease. The shape is beautiful, showing the change of lines and rhythmic beauty everywhere. The glaze color is thick, and the exposed fetus on the foot is brown. The cup was used by the ancients for drinking. When drinking, hold ears with both hands. Its characteristic is that if you want to drink it all at once, the drinker's body must be upright. Its shape can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, Gansu Provincial Museum of China has a collection of painted cups with lacquer ears in the late Western Han Dynasty. It is the origin of the (Wu) rhinoceros skin gilded bronze buckle leather body lacquer ear cup collected by Anhui Provincial Institute of cultural relics and archaeology
Qianlong seal mark
此羽觴耳杯外形橢圓、淺腹、平底，口沿兩側有半月形雙耳，形制精巧，通體施湖藍釉，瑩潤若脂。造型雋秀，處處閃現出線條的變化韻律美，釉色古雅厚潤，足部露胎處呈褐色。羽觴為古人飲酒之用，飲時平端，雙手執耳。其特點是若想一飲而盡，飲者身體必須中平正直，其造型可追溯至漢代，我國甘肅省博物館收藏有西漢晚期彩繪夾紵胎漆耳杯，安徽省文物考古研究所藏三國（吳）犀皮鎏金銅扣皮胎漆耳杯，即為此造型之本源。