Copper lidded jar with flowers and butterflies decoration in painted enamels on a white glaze ground, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735), Qing dynasty

Copper lidded jar with flowers and butterflies decoration in painted enamels on a white glaze ground, Yongzheng reign (1723-1735), Qing dynasty

• Image Number: K1E000503N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Can cover, sloping shoulder, belly tucked, short leg with flat top cover. The copper body is painted with enamel on the inner and outer walls, and light blue glaze is painted inside. Except for a circle of purple flowers painted on the shoulder and the lower part of the abdomen, the rest are decorated with various flower and butterfly patterns in white. Blue “made in Yongzheng” double round box with two lines of Song typeface on the white ground.