Greenish-white-glazed Goblet with Openwork Flowers

Unearthed on the road to the west of Mount Tiger of Yangzhou city in 1984, this goblet, with a sturdy, white body and lustrous, crystal white glaze, is one of the pieces made by Jingde Kiln that have a higher level of artistic value. It has an opening rim that expands outwards, long belly, trumpet-bell-shaped base with a deep concave. The bowl and the base should have been crafted separately and then pieced together. Its bowl is composed of two layers, the outer one of which features openwork patterns of peonies, plum blossoms, chrysanthemums, etc., placed within lotus-petal-shaped frames composed of beaded appliques. A line of fret patterns circles the inner side of the opening rim, while the base is decorated with two parallel raised lines, between which are a row of evenly-arranged vertical thin lines.