Painted enamel hand warmer with lobes, Ch’ien-lung reign (1736-1795), Ch’ing dynasty

Painted enamel hand warmer with lobes, Ch’ien-lung reign (1736-1795), Ch’ing dynasty

• Image Number: K1E000233N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Household appliance
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Copper body, oval six arris type handle stove, white glaze is applied inside the stove, and copper gallbladder is attached. The copper stove cover with hollowed out four petal flowers and Ruyi cloud head pattern, the surface of the stove body is decorated with tangled brocade on the yellow ground, and the open lights on each ridge paint scenes of scholars talking, reading, writing and other scenes in the courtyard forests. There is a prominent cloud pattern small foot six under the foot circle, painted with vine patterns, and red “made in the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” rectangular box with three lines of seal script on the white ground.