Yinshou Hot Pot

[Yinshou Hot Pot]

Yinshou Hot Pot, Qing Guangxu, 30 cm in height and 32 cm in diameter. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The hot pot is made of silver and consists of a pot, a cover, a chimney and a closed fire cover. The pot is equipped with a furnace and can be used for burning charcoal. The closed fire cover of the hot pot is carved with a hollow “Swastika” pattern, and the pot body is covered with gold and silver circles, “Shou” characters, long “Shou” characters, bat patterns, etc., implying “longevity”. This pot is made of exquisite materials, fine workmanship and perfect shape. It is a hot pot often used by Empress Dowager Cixi in the late Qing Dynasty
Hot pot, also known as hot pot in the Qing Dynasty, is made of ceramic, pure silver, silver-plated gold, copper, tin and iron. There are two basic forms: one is a combined type, which is composed of a pot, a stove support, a stove ring, a stove plate, and an alcohol bowl. You can cook food on the table at the same time, or you can use the pot alone to warm food. The other is a stove in a pot, which can boil water with charcoal fire. Raw fish, raw meat, vegetables, etc. can be boiled in boiling water. This hot pot belongs to the second type