A Wucai Tea Caddy with Chinese Poem

c.1660-1670
Porcelain, decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels
Jingdezhen, Jianxi Province, South Central China
H: 9cm

The poem translates: Clouds fly by, cliffs touch one another, and the green reaches the sky. It costs little to build a thatched hut. Water flows continuously by the tea cottage; Plum blossoms open towards my bed.

Similar piece illustrated in ‘Chinese Porcelains of the Seventeenth Century; Landscapes, Scholars’ Motifs and Narratives’