Cloisonne flower stand with deer-and-crane decoration and a Jingtai reign mark, Early 16th century, Ming dynasty

Cloisonne flower stand with deer-and-crane decoration and a Jingtai reign mark, Early 16th century, Ming dynasty

• Image Number: K1E000761N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Floral apparatus
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Copper body with filigree enamel flower arrangement, tubular body, seven hole cover embedded at the mouth, three gold-plated Lion Dragon shaped feet embedded at the bottom of the short circle foot, and embossed gold-plated Kui Dragon embedded at one side of the body. The body is exposed inside the vessel, and the surface of the vessel is light blue glazed, with bamboo crane Shuangqing, plantain, double deer, lake stone, ganoderma lucidum and other decorative patterns. The bottom of the device is gold-plated and engraved with black “made in Jingtai of the Ming Dynasty” single line regular script. It should be a cultural relic from the end of the 15th century to the beginning of the 16th century.