[Gold chisel Yunlong grain holding pot]
The gold chisel Yunlong grain holding pot is 31.5cm in height and 16cm in abdominal diameter
The pot is made of gold, with a high body and a thin neck. There is a conical cover on the pot mouth. The cover is divided into four layers from top to bottom. Each layer is also carved with dragon and cloud patterns. There is a conical tenon under the cover, which is inserted into the pot mouth. The middle part of the neck is decorated with a plain hoop, which is divided into strips and decorated with cloud and dragon patterns. The ampulla is spherical and divided by longitudinal stripes. It is also decorated with dragon patterns. The dragon tail is upward and the head is downward, which is opposite to the dragon pattern on the neck. The pot feet are like inverted funnels, round, thin at the top and wide at the bottom, decorated with cloud dragon, sea water and flame patterns. The pot flow is thin and long, and the overall light is plain. Flowers are carved on the edge of the mouth, and the lower part is decorated with animal face patterns
The shape of this gold holding pot has borrowed from other kinds of utensils, and the decorative pattern is light relief, fine and little change, with a sense of stability. It is a wine utensil used by the court
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