If you want to know why Ming Kai Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cylinder Cup is so expensive, you should start with Doucai. Doucai porcelain was created and fired during Chenghua period of Ming Dynasty. The fetal quality of Doucai porcelain in this period was white. Draw the outline of the pattern with the unique underglaze blue and white in Chenghua period, and then fill the glaze with gorgeous red, yellow and green colors. After the second low-temperature firing, the finished fighting color porcelain is colorful and dazzling.

The jigang cup divides peony lake stone and bluegrass lake stone into two groups on the outer wall of the cup with a diameter of about 8 cm. There is a group of pictures of a rooster holding his head high, a hen and a chicken pecking at a centipede, and two chickens chasing and playing. Another set of pictures shows a rooster crowing, a hen and three chickens pecking at centipedes; According to legend, such a vivid and warm picture was loved by Emperor Chenghua, and Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cylinder Cup became the imperial glass of Emperor Chenghua. Because the royal family has extremely high requirements for royal utensils, the finished product rate is very low, and the defective products will be destroyed, so the number of chicken cylinder cups handed down is very rare. Even after the Ming and Qing emperors had imitation chicken cylinder cups, the effect was far less than that in Chenghua period. Since then, chicken cylinder cup has become synonymous with hard to buy. At present, there are only three kinds of chicken cylinder cups in circulation in the world, and every time they appear, they will inevitably attract great attention, and their high prices are understandable.

In fact, in addition to the Ming Chenghua Doucai Chicken Cylinder Cup, many Doucai porcelains are also very beautiful, but the price is more close to the people and it is also worth collecting. Doucai porcelain auction