A pair of fine iron-red decorated 'poem' cups from the Qianlong period [english.cguardian.com]

Emperor Qianlong loved drinking 'sanqing tea'. Once on a tour of inspection, he was caught in the snow, so he stopped to enjoy 'sanqing tea' in the tent and wrote a poem about his beloved tea. The pair of cups above, engraved with this poem, sold for 1,840,000 RMB at the China Guardian 2011 Spring Auctions.

 

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