Toothpick holder with floral scrolls in fencai polychrome enamels on a lake-green ground, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

Toothpick holder with floral scrolls in fencai polychrome enamels on a lake-green ground, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century

• Image Number: C1B001714N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The porcelain toothpick cylinder is flat and round, hollow to hold toothpicks, and the outer wall is painted with pastel. One end can be opened as the cover, the cover is threaded, the bottom of the penetrator is connected, and the outlet is the silk spike; Each fish up and down with a red porcelain bead. In this way, the opening and closing of the cover can be fixed and adjusted. The appearance of the whole device imitates the neatly wrapped picture scroll, so the center of the outer wall of the device is painted with gold thread and white clip, both of which are molded and bulged; A circle of red and gold grass patterns on both ends shows the edge of the hand roll; The top and bottom surfaces are painted with red gold spiral patterns, such as paper rolls. In addition, the outer wall is decorated with tangled lotus leaves on the green land of the lake, which is like a roll of gorgeous hand rolls wrapped around the head. On the upper right, there is a rectangular gold framed title, which is written in black with four seal characters of “eternal life”, or it is made for birthday celebration. Twenty toothpick cartridges of this group are placed in a wooden box.