Toothpick holder with imperial poem and flower decoration in yangcai enamels, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)-China Archive

Image Number: C1B001830N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Qing dynasty
Category: Ceramics
Function: Container
Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
Description:
The cylinder is made into a flat rectangle, and the inner and outer parts are sleeved, and the central wire rope is pulled together. The top of the outer cylinder is slightly protruding, and there is a round hole on it, so that the pull rope of the inner cylinder can be worn out; The inner cylinder is hollow, and there is a threading hole on both sides and at the bottom of the opening. The pattern of the brocade on the outer tube of this toothpick cylinder is the imitation brocade pattern painted with gold on the red ground. The inner cylinder is painted with butterfly and flower patterns on the yellow ground with ochre material, which is used as a pattern effect of imitation fabrics. The flowers inside the outer tube are beauty Yu. On the other side, Kaiguang’s imperial poem, “A song of Yu Xi, a sorrowful farewell to God, lingers in memory of the Chu River. Those who know that they love jade and love incense are not surnamed Xiang.”