Horned beast in cloisonne enamels, Qing dynasty, 17th

Image Number: C1E000881N000000000PAC
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Enamel wares
Function: Furnisher
Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
Description:
The horn end is in the shape of a three-dimensional unicorn, with an indigo ground color. There is a rectangular seat under it, without a neck. It has a huge mouth and fangs, curved corners, small ears, and a short tail, which is quite strange. According to the Song Shu Fu Ruizhi, “The people who live in the corner travel thousands of miles every day, and know the language of four generations. When the Holy Lord is in office, he knows the things that are far away from home, and then he comes with a book.” Therefore, the production of corner ends is a symbol of political cultivation. The idea of returning to the world. The animal body is decorated with filigree chrysanthemums. The square seat is recessed in the middle, with inverted upper and lower folds. The upper layer is decorated with translucent gray blue indigo turtle back brocade, the upper and lower sides of the platform are decorated with lotus petals, and the middle recessed part is decorated with a copper relief hollow twig lace on the filigree pattern. The color of the pattern changes to red, yellow, white, blue, purple, green, light green, etc. The horn, mouth and foot are all copper plated with gold.