A powder blue glazed cachepot (flower pot), the sides rising steeply from the foot to a ridged mouth rim below which a bow-string ribbed band encircles the pot.  The interior, rim and base are glazed white and the body is  covered in a fine powder blue glaze.  The glaze originated in the Ming Dynasty, Xuande Period, and was called 'sprinkled blue' and today only a few examples survive.  The glaze was resurrected and the technique perfected during the Kangxi Period.  The powdery blue pigment being blown on the wet surface of the clear glaze through a bamboo tube covered with gauze, hence the name powder blue, also known as soufflé blue glaze and covered with a clear glaze.  Other glazes utilizing the same technique are robin's egg blue, iron rust and teadust.
清代 Qing Dynasty, 康熙 Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Height:  5" (12.7cm)  Diameter:  6 1/4" (15.9cm)
Please refer to item #MO-547 when inquiring.