How many existing Jin'ou Yonggu cups are there?

There are 4 existing Jin'ou Yonggu cups.

The Jinou Yonggu Cup is one of the most eye-catching treasures in the Palace Museum. Its exquisite shape, top-notch materials, and sophisticated craftsmanship make this cup regular in shape and gorgeously decorated. It has become a rare work of art in the world. Two of the Jin Ou Yonggu Cups are in the Palace Museum in Beijing and the Palace Museum in Taipei, and the other two are in the Wallace Collection in London, England.

During the Qianlong period, the Qing Palace Manufacturing Office produced various types of wine cups. There were many styles of wine cups, including Long Er works. However, works like the Jinou Yonggu Cup with an elephant trunk as its base were very rare. The four Jinou Yonggu cups are such rare drinking utensils. They were passed down by emperors after the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, and were regarded as precious ancestral utensils by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty.

Cultural meaning:

The Qianlong gold-embedded gold-ou permanent cup of the Qing Dynasty is 12.5 cm high and 8 cm in diameter. The cup is made of gold, in the shape of a tripod, round, with a straight mouth. The rim of the mouth is chiselled all the way around, with the seal script "Jinou Yonggu" chiseled in the middle of one side and the four-character inscription "Made in the Qianlong Year" chiselled on the other side. The outer wall is covered with chiseled precious flowers, and the stamens are mainly made of pearls, red and sapphires. There is a deformed dragon ear on each side, with beads on the head. The three legs are all in the shape of an elephant head, with slightly smaller ears, long tusks and rolled nose, and jewels are also embedded on the forehead and between the eyes.

The Qianlong gold-embedded golden Ou permanent cup of the Qing Dynasty has a Kui dragon galloping upward on each side of the cup body, which represents vitality and majesty, implying the permanent territory and political power of the Qing Dynasty. It is the symbol of the Qing Dynasty. A wine glass specially used by the emperor during the opening ceremony every New Year. At midnight every New Year, the emperor would place a Qianlong gold-embedded gold and Ou permanent cup from the Qing Dynasty on a long red sandalwood table in the bright window of the Yangxin Hall, pour Tusu wine into the cup, then light the candle himself, pick up the brush, and write a prayer. The auspicious words of peace and eternal peace in the country and the country.