Jinli Double Phoenix Lavatory

[Jinli Shuangfeng lavatory basin]

Jinli Shuangfeng lavatory basin is clear, with a side diameter of 43 cm, a bottom diameter of 32.7 cm and a height of 9 cm. The old collection of the Qing Palace
80% of the gold tire is made by hammering and chiseling. Fold along the flat bottom. 12 kinds of auspicious patterns, such as double horns, treasure bottles, silver ingots, pomegranates, auspicious clouds, precious beads, Falun, double rolls, double coins, canopy, gold pestle, fish, etc., are hidden by the flat edge riveted and welded gold chiseled flowers. The gold hammer and carved pattern embedded in the back of the bottom are the neutral twin phoenixes and three precious flowers
According to the Imperial Dining Ceremony of the Great Qing Dynasty, the empress dowager, the empress ceremonial driver and the washbasin. It is made by Fan Jin. It has a round shape, twelve edges, a height of three inches and nine cents, a caliber of one foot and two inches and nine cents, and is engraved with eight treasures on the side. The bottom diameter is one foot and one inch, and the pattern is made of two neutral phoenixes. The shape and pattern of this lavatory are different from those recorded above, so it is not the lavatory in Qianlong era. After careful examination, this light plain gold basin is a model cast in the Ming Dynasty, and the auspicious pattern, double standing phoenix, and precious phase flower should be embedded in the back of Shunzhi, and used for the empress dowager and empress ceremonial drive. It is rare among the existing palace hangings and gold wares, which also reflects the imperfection of palace etiquette and its initial creation in the early Qing Dynasty