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Cloisonné enamel wares in the Forbidden City

Updated: 2007-08-06 09:34

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1.Enamel chrysanthemum pot

Cloisonné enamel wares in the Forbidden City

Specification:  9.1 centimeters in height

Its shape is a rectangle with curved handles. The surface is painted with chrysanthemum.This pot is unique in the theme of chrysanthemum. Its modeling design, painting technique and sintering process were state-of-the-art during that time.

2. Wire inlayed cloisonné enamel flowerpot

Cloisonné enamel wares in the Forbidden City

Specification: 16.2 centimeters in height, and 16.9 centimeters in diameter

The surface of the flowerpot is light blue, decorated with flowers, moirés, peony, chrysanthemum, butterfly and stone. It has both decorative and practical value. 

3. Wire inlayed cloisonné enamel Domu pot

Cloisonné enamel wares in the Forbidden City

Domu tea-pot is the container of butter tea, known as the Tibetan Dong Mo or Mu. Tibetan butter tea, a necessity of life for Tibetans, is boiled with butter, salt and milk. When water and butter is blended completely, the butter tea can be drunk, with a special flavor. This tea-pot is full of the royal style, and has both decorative and practical value.

4. Wire inlayed cloisonné enamel lady holing pot

Cloisonné enamel wares in the Forbidden City

Specification: 36.7 centimeters in height

It is decorated with coral and turquoise, and painted with different ladies and landscapes. The whole pot is decorated with a dragon, the symbol of royalty. 

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