Pink Painted Gold Letter Style Gold Bell Cage

[Pink painted gold letter type gold bell cage]

Pink painted gold letter type gold bell cage, with a total height of 14cm, a length of 20.5cm, and a width of 11.7cm
The cage is rectangular and shaped like a thread bound letter in a brocade book case. On the letter is a rectangular stone seal with double arched buttons and a porcelain round inkpad box. There is a horizontal slot under the seal that communicates with the hollow letter box, through which the ringing insects such as Jin Zhong’er can be fed. There are cherries, peanuts, lotus seeds, melon seeds, and other elephant shaped porcelain fruits in the inkpad box. There are five holes at the bottom of the box that connect with the box. After the box lid is removed, the chirp of insects in the cage can be heard. The letter type golden bell cage is both a study furnishings and a small cage for feeding ringing insects
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Factory often used pastel decorative porcelain handicrafts, and this letter shaped golden bell cage is a masterpiece among them
The inscription on the letter type golden bell cage is inscribed with the three characters “Le Shan Tang” in ink and seal script, which is based on the “Jin Ji of Le Shan Tang”.