A blue purple clay teapot from Yixing 宜兴 in Jiangsu Province.
Yixing 宜兴 is famous for purple clay teapots. This teapot is blue-colored and has an inscription using early Chinese characters that date back thousands of years.
The lotus shoe used by women with bound feet. The feet are called Golden Lotus, referred to as the “Three ‘thumb’ Golden Lotus” 三寸金莲 in Chinese. Three thumb lengths was considered the perfect size for the foot. This was a practice that eluded to high…
The painting was done in 1977, the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976.
