Box with flowers in painted enamels, Qing dynasty, Kangxi reign (1662-1722)
- Image Number: K1B005916N000000000PAB
- Dynasty: Qing dynasty
- Category: Ceramics
- Function: Container
- Material: Mineral/ceramic/porcelain
- Description:
Among the numerous porcelain categories of official kilns in the Qing Dynasty, enamel colored porcelain was among them, which was extremely brilliant. No matter what the shape, there must be flowers and birds, landscapes, people or pavilions painted with enamel outside. Fine white porcelain and exquisite pictures together present the charm of the arts and paintings of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong dynasties. The history of firing enamel colored porcelain can be traced back to the Emperor Kangxi who was brave enough to accept the new. Because Emperor Kangxi appreciated the copper body enamel painting, he came up with the idea of making porcelain body enamel. Although the missionaries delayed the process of firing for the reason that they did not like to spend all day with craftsmen, the objects left behind, such as Kangxi’s “enamel red ground flower box”, specifically showed that the emperor’s wish was still achieved in the end, Firing enamel colored porcelain with western imported pigment as colorant. In the Yongzheng period
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