The poem of the Peach Blossom Goddess in March is: The wind blows, the flowers bloom, and the swallows fly, the old spring is in full swing.
The poem of the peony goddess in April is: The morning beauty is far away with golden palm dew, and the evening fragrance is deep and attracts the breeze of the jade hall.
The poem of the Pomegranate Goddess in May is: Dew-colored pearl curtains are reflected, and fragrant wind covers the pink walls.
The poem of the June Lotus Goddess is: The root is jade in the mud, and the heart is a pearl under the dew.
The poem of the sunflower god in July is: The fragrance is gently emitted from the wide palace, and the music is played from the high platform in the distance.
The poem of the sweet-scented osmanthus god in August is: The branches grow with infinite moons, and the flowers bloom naturally in autumn.
The poem of the September chrysanthemum goddess is: A thousand years of white wine, a lifetime of green lady fragrance.
The poem of the Hibiscus Goddess in October is: The fragrance blends with the overnight rain, and the beauty emerges from the clear smoke.
The poem of the rose goddess in November is: It does not fade with the thousands of species, but remains the only one that blooms red for the whole year.
The poem for the goddess of plum blossoms in December is: The snow condenses on the trees, and the fragrance fills the branches in the wind.
There are flowers on the front of the cup, and poems in regular script in blue and white on the back, with a seal of "Shang" at the end.
The Twelve Flower God Cups were the first time in Chinese history that "poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal carving" were used together on the same vessel. Therefore, Emperor Kangxi loved them very much and took them with him on several southern tours. He not only liked the craftsmanship of the Flower God Cups porcelain, but also liked the cultural conception of flowers and Tang poetry.
"This is definitely a good thing, and it's really no worse than the set of Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cups I just found! It's a pity that this set of Flower God Cups should not be the one used by Emperor Kangxi back then, but should be a later imitation of the official kiln's fine products." Yang Jing looked at the bottom pattern of this set of Flower God Cups, thinking with regret in his heart.
It is said that the set of five-colored twelve flower god cups used by Emperor Kangxi had the inscription "Made in the Chenghua Period of the Ming Dynasty" on the bottom. The reason for the appearance of such a strange bottom inscription is precisely to prove a major feature of Kangxi's early porcelain.
There are few inscriptions on Kangxi's early porcelain. The reason is that Kangxi believed that inscriptions should not be written on porcelain. If inscriptions were written, it would be unlucky if they were broken, so he did not allow inscriptions. However, there is a special phenomenon on many Kangxi porcelains, that is, a large number of inscriptions were written. For example, "Made in Xuande Period of the Ming Dynasty", "Made in Chenghua Period of the Ming Dynasty", and "Made in Jiajing Period of the Ming Dynasty" were written on these three dynasties the most.
This is a taboo in our imagination. People who read history know that the literary inquisition in the Qing Dynasty was very severe, especially in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, when a large number of Han people proposed "anti-Qing and restoration of Ming". This can often be seen in TV dramas. At that time, if you had a slight tendency to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, you would be beheaded. However, the inscriptions on the porcelain are all from the previous dynasty. This has to be said to be a major feature of porcelain in the early Kangxi period.
Even when the official kilns were reopened in Jingdezhen in the 19th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, most of the early official kiln porcelains had no bottom marks, or the bottom marks were just some consignment marks.
The set of five-color twelve flower god cups used by Emperor Kangxi was fired in the 25th year of Kangxi's reign. This set of twelve flower god cups also contains Kangxi's commemorative significance for Chenghua doucai porcelain. Because Kangxi liked Chenghua doucai porcelain very much, it is not surprising that the bottom of this set of cups is inscribed with "Made in the Chenghua Period of the Ming Dynasty".
In the middle and late Kangxi period and later during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, the official kilns and private kilns respectively imitated the Twelve Flower God Cups, with slightly different sizes and dimensions. The bottom inscriptions also used the words "Made in the Kangxi Period of the Great Qing Dynasty". However, the quality of the later imitations is not as good as that of Emperor Kangxi.
This set of twelve cups of the Goddess of Flowers was obviously an imitation made in the middle and late Kangxi period. But even if it is an imitation, it is a fine product from the official kiln and a rare set.
You should know that currently only the Kaifeng Museum in Henan Province has a complete set of Kangxi Five-Color Twelve Flower God Cups. In addition, Mr. Liu Yiqian also has a complete set of Kangxi Blue and White Twelve Flower God Cups. Even the Palace Museum only has a few single ones, not a complete set. You can imagine how rare this set of Twelve Flower God Cups is.
And this time, I unexpectedly found a set of Kangxi multicolored twelve flower god cups in this Jiajing blue and white dragon jar. This is simply pie in the sky!
"Could it be that this set of five-colored twelve flower god cups is the same set that the Japanese looted from the country back then?" Yang Jing thought to himself.
According to legend, during World War II, the Japanese invaders looted a set of twelve flower cups in China and planned to transport them to Japan to present to the Japanese emperor. Unfortunately, the Awa Maru sank on the way, and these precious porcelains and some precious cultural relics also sank into the sea.
It now appears that the precious porcelain shipped along with the set of Twelve Flower God Cups was not loaded on the Awa Maru, but on another ship, and then transported to the Philippines. However, it is unknown why the Japanese transported it to the Philippines first instead of to mainland Japan.
Of course, it is also possible that this set of Twelve Flower God Cups was not obtained from China, but has another source, but Yang Jing has no way of knowing where it came from.
But no matter what, no matter where the Japanese stole this set of Twelve Flower God Cups from, it is now his!
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