Filigree enamel exotic animal paperweight

[Wired enamel alien animal paperweight]

Wired enamel alien animal paperweight, clear, 3 cm high, 7.3 cm long. The paperweight of the old collection of the Qing Dynasty Palace is a unicorn, recumbent, forward looking, with four legs bent inward. The eyebrows, eyes and mane are all represented by fine carved lines. The head, limbs and protruding vertebrae are all gilded. The whole body of the animal is decorated with scales and armor patterns, and layers of scales are decorated with dark and light blue glaze. The lower part is attached with a red sandalwood seat
Alien animals are generally drawn from animal images in nature, and are distorted and exaggerated to alienate them. The shape of this paperweight should be Xiezhi in the ancient legend. According to the Jin Shu · Yu Fu Zhi, “Xiezhi, a divine sheep, can touch evil and sycophant.” The ancients believed that it can suppress evil and dispel evil, and distinguish between straight and crooked. The paperweight is well made and gilded. When the emperor uses it, he should be silent and profound