Xuantong silver gilded gold-plated dragon and phoenix pattern Duomu pot

[Xuantong style silver-plated gold-plated dragon and phoenix pattern Duomu pot]

Xuantong style silver-plated dragon and phoenix pattern Duomu pot, the Republic of China, 46 cm high, 6.8 cm caliber, 10.8 cm bottom diameter
The mouth of the pot is similar to a monk’s hat, with an oblique mouth, a straight wall, a flat bottom, a circular foot, and a chain handle, which flows from the mouth of the dragon pattern carved on the pot body. There is a convex ridge at the mouth, abdomen and bottom, and the flower pattern is carved on it. The upper part of the body is decorated with the pattern of two dragons playing with pearls, and the lower part is carved with the pattern of two phoenix. The cover is decorated with dragon and phoenix patterns. The middle part of the outsole is engraved with “fourteen years of Xuantong, one hundred and twenty-two foot patterns”. The so-called Fourteenth Year of Xuantong is 1922
The Duomu pot is a utensil for holding butter tea. Although the whole body is gilded, the gold in many parts of the body is dim due to the thin gold water. The dragon and phoenix patterns, originally exclusive to the emperor and empress, are bulky, clumsy and rough, reflecting the decline and decline of the imperial family in the late Qing Dynasty from one side



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