Copper cupping ear breast foot furnace

[Copper ear breast foot furnace]

Copper ear breast foot furnace, clear and upright, 8.5 cm high, 11.9 cm caliber. The old collection of the Qing Palace
Copper furnace round tripod type. Straighten the mouth, slightly close the neck, sagging the belly, round the abdomen, and gradually lift the three breast feet from the outer bottom of the instrument. There is a towering ear on the left and right sides of the mouth. On the outer bottom of the instrument, there are three lines and six characters of regular script in Japanese script: “Made in Yongzheng year of the Qing Dynasty”
The Yongzheng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty once implemented the policy of banning copper. However, the manufacture of bronze wares in the palace did not stop. Emperor Yongzheng also personally inquired and modified the style. For example, according to the “List of work done by the manufacturing office in the fourth year of Yongzheng’s reign”, “On the eighth day of August of the fourth year of Yongzheng’s reign, the copper was made, and Lang Zhonghai looked forward to holding a copper double-dragon ear jar. The purpose was to make two pieces of Xuan copper and two pieces of silver according to this jar style, and the dragon ear was changed into Kuilong style, and this was the reason. Two silver cans were made on the third day of December, and two pieces of Xuan copper cans were made on the fourth day of the fourth day…”

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