Masterpiece Jingdezhen Wucai Porcelain Gold Banded Wucai Prosperity Teacup

This is an one-of-a-kind original art work exemplifying supreme porcelain workmanship from a top Jingdezhen studio. It is hand-crafted and masterfully hand-painted along with Chinese calligraphy throughout the entire cup. The cup incorporates authentic high quality porcelain clay material, is very thin and lightweight, and features decoratively styled gold substrate coated with iron red for a luxurious and classy appearance. The painting is the original work of Zhang Weifeng, who is a honored member of the Chinese Art and Craft Society. He is especially a master of elaborate style painting in flowers and birds motif, a branch of meticulous porcelain art painting. In this cup, Mr. Zhang depicts a growing reed by the water and a heron happily standing by to denote traditional blessings of social upward mobility and prosperity. Reeds usually grow fast and tall, and the word for heron is pronounced similar to "road" or "all the way" in Chinese. The artist uses these two subjects to imply t