Niandai Qingganlong
Size the largest, 12.7 cm (5 in) wide, total 900g.
Jin ou Yong gu
A set of gold cups and plates, the cups are cup-shaped, with a small mouth, curled lips, deep belly and full circle. The inner wall of the cup is carved with a circular Youlong on the light ground, with a slightly bulging dragon head and slightly protruding forehead, eyes and nose. Longkou is wide open, breathing clouds around the middle of the bottom of the cup, engraved with the pattern of longevity. The word longevity is hammered out by the method of reducing the ground and raising the yang, and its outline is filled with side-by-side lianzhu patterns, forming the main body of the word “longevity”, and the lotus petals are decorated around the pattern of longevity. Youlong’s figure is vigorous and quite tense. Surrounding the dragon body are cirrus lines carved by the method of connecting beads into a line, and the slender lines show the lightness and agility of the clouds, which is in contrast with the dragon body and the bottom decoration of the cup net carved with a deep knife, forming a contrast in thickness and weight, full of gorgeous atmosphere.
