Chinese Tea Ware Chicken Cup Pattern Chicken Pot Cup Tea Strainer

Tea Strainer
Ming Dynasty Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup
Commonly known as Chicken Cup Replica

We will ship the item shown in the first photo (tea strainer + stand).

Overall height: 6.5 cm

While there is no original box,
it will be carefully packaged and shipped.

In 2014, a wine cup made in the 15th century was sold at a Sotheby's auction in Hong Kong to Chinese businessman Liu Yiqian for 281 million Hong Kong dollars (approximately 3.7 billion yen). This set a record for ancient Chinese porcelain at auction.
The Doucai technique originated in the early Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, but its technical demands were so high that it was difficult to produce good quality pieces. The Ming Dynasty Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup is considered a masterpiece.
For over 200 years after the Chenghua period, emperors of the Ming and Qing dynasties ordered their imperial kilns to create replicas. However, no matter how well they were made, the clay used for the Ming Dynasty Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cup was exhausted during the Chenghua period, and since the same raw materials were unavailable, identical pieces could not be produced again.
The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, who loved ceramics, wrote a poem that includes the line 寒芒秀采総称珍、就中鶏缸最為冠 (All rare treasures are praised for their brilliant colors, but among them, the Chicken Cup is the most supreme). This indicates that the Chicken Cup has been highly valued in the imperial court since ancient times.