Painted enamel censer with lotus decoration on a yellow background, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Painted enamel censer with lotus decoration on a yellow background, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1E000561N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Incense set
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  The stove is tripod shaped, with ears and three breasts. The inside of the utensil is painted with lake green enamel, and the outside wall is decorated with yellow tangled flowers and birthday peaches. The bottom of the vessel is made of blue regular script “made in Qianlong”. The three stove bottle boxes were stored in the nanmu boxes made in the Qing Palace. It was recorded that “an enamel stove bottle box was painted on the yellow ground of the Qianlong Emperor”. All of them were equipped with wooden seats. The design of the box was ingenious. The stove bottle boxes and shovel chopsticks were completely and properly placed in the boxes with grids and dark drawers. It is the representative of the collection of stove bottle boxes in the Palace of Heavenly Purity.