Incense stick holder with a caparisoned elephant in famille rose on a green ground, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)
- Image Number: C1B001521N000000000PAB
- Dynasty: Qing dynasty
- Category: Ceramics
- Function: Incense set
- Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
- Description:
The main part of this incense stick is a shallow dish, with a tame elephant standing in its heart. It is decorated with eight kinds of Taoist Eight Treasures and One Ancient Coin, Double Coin, Silver Ingot, Single Coin, Rhinoceros Horn, Fangsheng, Gold Ingot and Coral. The back of the elephant is decorated with a bottle, which means “peace has an image”. The ancient coins have the words “peace under heaven”. The inside and outside of the dish are painted with lake green glaze, and the dish is painted with a circular pattern along the red ground. “Made in the year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty”, red seal script with three lines and six characters on the green glazed ground of the bottom lake.
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