Splittoon with peony decor, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign（1662-1722）

Splittoon with peony decor, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign（1662-1722）

• Image Number: K1E001030N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: water vessels
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Copper tire, yellow ground, extravagant mouth, hanging belly. Light blue glaze is applied inside the vessel, and the neck is decorated with light blue glaze with flowers and leaves. Three intertwined peony leaves, each red, gray purple and blue, are painted on the bottom of the bottle. Each petal is highlighted from the outside to the inside with light to deep halo dye, while the leaves are painted with dark material hooks to draw muscles and veins. On the bottom, there is the blue material of double line regular script on the white ground “Made by the Emperor Kangxi”. Although it is used for spitting, it is ornate in decoration and beautiful in description. In the Kangxi Dynasty, most of the enamel works of copper body painting were boxes and bottles, while the characteristics of yellow land developed in the late period can be seen in this scum bucket.