Copper spittoon in painted enamels with flowers of the four seasons and a blue background, Yongzheng reign (1722-1735), Qing dynasty.

Copper spittoon in painted enamels with flowers of the four seasons and a blue background, Yongzheng reign (1722-1735), Qing dynasty.

• Image Number: K1E000230N000000000PAD
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  The copper body is painted with enamel scum bucket, the inner and outer walls are painted with light blue glaze, the upper edge of the neck is decorated with yellow, red, blue three color patterns and Ruyi patterns, the middle part is painted with tangled branches and lotus patterns, and the lower part is painted with banana leaf patterns; The shoulder is decorated with a circle of yellow cloud pattern, with pink border and black Ruyi pattern underneath; The bottom edge of the device is painted with pink peony petals, decorated with long and short green sepals, just like peonies blooming; On the belly of the utensil, there are four yellow fields, which are painted with spring swallow and rose, summer lotus, autumn butterfly, morning glory and winter plum, as if watching the changes of the four seasons outside the window; It is decorated with twining lotus patterns. Two persimmons and red bats are painted in light blue on the bottom of the vessel, symbolizing that everything is good and everything is prosperous. Persimmons are printed in regular script blue with “made in Yongzheng”. In the Yongzheng period, he was good at decorating enamel ware in black, which was more colorful and had a strong style of the times.