wine container; wine warmer; lid (narcotics & intoxicants: drinking)

Wine-pot and warmer, made of paktong (nickel silver). The wine-pot is of cylindrical form with curved spout and overhead loop handle, covered with a flat lid surmounted with a bud-shaped knob at the centre. Decorated on the exterior with dragon above seawaves in repoussé within two lobed rectangular panels. The warmer is of bulbous form extended upward with cylindrical band highlighted with copper rims, which is decorated with six openwork 'shou' (longevity) characters. It stands on four bud-shaped feet and fitted with a candle-holder at the interior centre in order to keep the wine warm.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1996.343
Date
19th century
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 200 mm x 100 mm x 75 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
paktong; copper
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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