How many Jin 'ou Gu Yong cups are there?

There are 4 * * * participants in Jin 'ou Gu Yong Cup.

Three of them are made of gold, 1 is made of copper and gold in the early years of Qianlong, and the rest 1 is made of Jiaqing early annuity. It is now in the National Palace Museum in Beijing (1 gold, Jiaqing two-year system), the National Palace Museum in Taipei (1 gold, Qianlong system 1 bronze gilding system) and the Wallace Museum in London.

Cultural relic characteristics

The European Cup in the Palace Museum is12.5cm high and 8cm in diameter. The cup is gold, tripod-shaped, round and straight. The middle part of the mouth is engraved with the seal script "Jin Ou Gu Yong" and the words "Qianlong Year System".

The outer wall is covered with precious flowers, and the stamens are mainly pearls, rubies and sapphires; There is a deformed dragon ear on each side, and there are beads on the faucet; All three legs are elephant heads, with slightly smaller ears, long teeth, curled nose and jewels embedded between forehead and eyes.

The precious Jin 'ou Gu Yong Cup embedded in Gan Qing Jinlong of the National Palace Museum in Taipei is12.5cm in height, 8cm in diameter and 5cm in foot height, and 80% of it is made of gold. The cup mouth is round, and the edge of the cup mouth is engraved with palindromes. There are seal characters of "Jin Ou Gu Yong" and "Qianlong Year System" on the rim of the cup.

Carved with branches and flowers, it is inlaid with dozens of huge pearls, red, sapphire and pink tourmaline; There are double vertical ears on both sides of the cup, and each faucet is embedded with a pearl; The bottom is full of three elephants in the shape of a tripod. "Jin 'ou Gu Yong Cup" is a rare special drinking utensil for emperors in Qing Palace.

Gan Qing Jinlong Jinbao Ou Gu Yong Cup (collection number W 1 12) in Wallace Collection in London is 12.6 cm in height, 7.7 1 cm in caliber and 8. 18 cm in maximum width. There are small flower holders on the dragon tops on both sides, and the inlays (pearls) are lost; The gemstones inlaid are sapphire, curved spinel, curved tourmaline, freshwater pearls and so on. The two pieces preserved in the Wallace Collection Museum in London are far better than the first two.