Title
Hot pot
Year/Period
Qing Dynasty (Qianlong period, 1736-95)
Region
China
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 17.8 x 24.7 x 24.7 cm,
Object size: 24.2 x 24.7 x 24.7 cm
Object size: 24.2 x 24.7 x 24.7 cm
Accession No.
2019-00580
Collection of
This hot pot is decorated with painted polychrome enamels on a white ground. Painted flowers, including peonies, morning glory, and camellias, decorate the body. Each side is painted with a different Chinese landscape scene. This colour palette was especially popular during the reigns of the Qianlong (1736–95) emperor. Painted enamel copper wares in the form of a hot pot is extremely rare. The tradition of using hot pot can be traced back over two thousand years in Chinese culinary traditions and it still continues today.
