Copper jar with painted enamel decoration, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Copper jar with painted enamel decoration, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1E000470N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Enamel wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Metals/Copper
• Description:
  Copper tire. Closed mouth, short neck, with bead button and mother cap. White glaze is applied to the inside of the utensil. The surface is pink. A circle of Ruyi cloud pattern is painted on the top of the lid, a circle of flower and fruit patterns is painted around the lid, the edge of the pot and the foot of the ring. A circle of blue Ruyi cloud patterns is painted outside. The body is decorated with various butterfly flower and fruit patterns. Kui dragon patterns are painted in the center and below the sides of the body, and the green tortoise shell patterns are painted around the body. Double long square three line regular script with blue “made in the year of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty” on the white ground.