Gilt jue cup and stand with Indian lotus scroll decoration, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Gilt jue cup and stand with Indian lotus scroll decoration, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: C1D000038N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Miscellaneous objects
• Function: Drinking apparatus
• Material: Mineral/metal/plated metal
• Description:
  Copper body, mushroom shaped column, Kuilong handle, and three feet stand in the juxtaposition in the center of the tray. The decorative pattern is made by casting. The column is made of rolled leaf patterns, the mouth edge is decorated with a moire, and the lower part is connected with a dotted pattern. The abdomen and feet are cast with lotus leaf patterns. The three feet of the base are carved with two lines of regular script in the form of a box “made in the year of Qianlong”. The four legged tray along the inclined wall is decorated with curly leaf patterns and cloud patterns along the edge of the tray, curly grass patterns at the center of the tray, lotus patterns and flower patterns at the center of the tray, and grass leaf patterns at the outside of the foot. Two lines of regular script in the box of “Made in the year of Qianlong” is engraved in the concave of the center of the bottom of the plate.