A gold-embedded gold Ou permanent cup from the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty collected in the Palace Museum, 12.5 cm high, 8 cm in diameter, made of gold, tripod-style, round, straight mouth;
The edge of the mouth is chiseled with a pattern all the way around, with the seal script "Jin Ou Yong Gu" chiselled on 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 flower cores 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.
Wanwan Palace Museum collects the Qianlong gold-embedded gold Ou permanent cup from the Qing Dynasty, with a height of 12.5 cm, a diameter of 8 cm, and a full height of 5 cm. It is made of 80% gold;
The cup has a round mouth with engraved edges.
The seal characters of "Jinou Yonggu" and "Qianlong Year System" are cast on the edge of the cup;
The whole body is engraved with entwining flowers and inlaid with dozens of huge pearls, red, sapphires and pink tourmalines;
There are two standing Kui ears on both sides of the cup, and a Kui dragon head is inlaid with a pearl on each side;
At the bottom are three elephants with the head as the foot, and the shape is tripod-like.
The "Jin'ou Yonggu Cup" is famous not only for its luxurious appearance, but most importantly because it is a rare drinking vessel for the emperor in the Qing palace.
The Qianlong gold-embedded Jinou permanent cup from the Qing Dynasty collected by Hualai Shi Museum has a height of 12.6 cm, a diameter of 7.71 cm, and a maximum width of 8.18 cm;
There are small receptacles along the top of the Kuilong on both sides, and the inlay (probably pearls) is missing;
Inlaid gemstones include sapphire, cabochon-cut red spinel, cabochon-cut tourmaline, and clear water pearl;
Although there are some defects, the two cups preserved in the British Wallace Collection Museum are in far better condition than the previous two.
During the Qianlong period, the Qing Palace Manufacturing Office produced various types of wine glasses, including many dragon-eared ones in many styles, but there were very few of them with elephant trunks as the base.
The design and processing of the gold-embedded Ou permanent cup made by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty were of the highest quality and took a lot of effort from Emperor Qianlong.
These cups generally have a Kui dragon running upward on the left and right sides of the cup body, which represents vitality and majesty;
It symbolizes the territory of the Qing Dynasty and the eternal political power. It is the special wine glass used by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty when they hold the writing ceremony every New Year.
At midnight every New Year, the emperor would place the Qianlong gold-embedded gold urn permanent cup on the red sandalwood eucalyptus at the bright window of Yangxin Hall.
Pour Tusu wine into the cup, then light the candle yourself, pick up the writing brush, and write auspicious words to pray for the peace and stability of the country and the country.
Therefore, the Qianlong gold-embedded golden Ou permanent cup of the Qing Dynasty was regarded as a precious ancestral artifact by the emperors of the Qing Dynasty.
Of the four cups like this, two were snatched away, which is really a pity.
"Since it doesn't exist anymore, just copy it!"
In fact, although these things are precious, they are only precious because of their craftsmanship, and the rest are just a pile of gold and precious stones.
However, it is obviously not easy to pile up so much gold and precious stones on a cup.
However, for Chen Wenzhe to be able to dream for a thousand years, it only takes a little effort.
As long as this kind of filigree inlaid work is produced, its exquisiteness will definitely not be comparable to that of ordinary porcelain.
Therefore, Chen Wenzhe thought about it and decided to imitate it.
After learning the skills, he wanted to test his skills by imitating some top-notch crafts.
For example, this set of permanent cups and the bonsai with golden branches and jade leaves.
Let’s not talk about the Yonggu cup, but let’s talk about the gem bonsai made with filigree inlay. There are many in the Forbidden City Treasure Museum.
Even if ordinary people see this kind of thing, they will know that it is a treasure.
If you want to imitate, you must imitate this kind of thing.
The conditions for imitation, in addition to craftsmanship, must be gold and gems.
Not to mention gold, Chen Wenzhe’s treasure house is already piled up like a mountain, right?
Talking about gems, his first big harvest was Sun Dianying’s hidden treasure.
Those gems, when he had no money, he didn't want to enter the market.
Now, they have a way out. They can be used directly to make bonsai.
Although Chen Wenzhe has not moved away recently, he now has many subordinates, and there is really no shortage of various gems.
While studying, various gems and some gold have been sent over, and of course, various tools.
Mainly pliers, tweezers, files, hammers, micro welders, etc.
Filigree inlay is the real "art of gold and fire", and the main craft is "making filigree into bone and inlaying it for decoration".
An exquisite filigree inlaid craft requires a combination of multiple techniques and complex processes.
Among them, the filament uses precious metals such as gold and silver as raw materials, and adopts eight major processes of pinching, filling, saving, welding, stacking, base, weaving and braiding.
To put it simply, inlay is to use techniques such as filing, hammering, squeezing, beating, breaking, squeezing, and inlay to manually create claw-shaped grooves on the metal sheets, and then inlay them with beautiful-colored gemstones.
In the end, "the golden crown is woven with thousands of strands of filigree, and the universe is inlaid by masterful hands." This is an exquisite summary of the art of filigree inlay.
And true skills also require the unity of heart and hand.
From pinching at the beginning, to filling, saving, welding, stacking, building, weaving, and knitting, a work of art will finally be achieved.
Regardless of whether it is a tiling or a bonsai, as long as the filigree inlay process is used, the first thing to do is to pinch it.
Before filigree, the single drawn plain filaments should be twisted into the required filaments according to the drawing process requirements.
The tools required for cutting filaments include a thread rolling board, thread rolling wood, tweezers, punches, etc.
Silk rolling is to place two or more round plain yarns on a rolling board, and use a rolling wood to knead them into filaments.
The filament rolling is divided into forward and reverse filaments. The forward filaments are forward filaments, and the reverse filaments are reverse filaments. The forward filaments and reverse filaments are determined by the process requirements.
After the filaments are rolled, filigree is carried out.
When filigreeing, the tweezers must be upright and placed in a pattern, horizontally and vertically straight.
The pauses and setbacks should be neat, and the lines should be smooth, especially when pinching the "Ke'er", you should pay attention to the angle.
After finding the correct position with the tweezers, apply force and moisture in one step to avoid "meat shuttles" when looking back and forth.
When pinching the petals, the arc should be smooth and smooth, and the excessive lines should be smooth and natural, without any unevenness.
Now that everything is done, the next step is to fill it out.
Filling is to fill the finished filament into the outline.
Before filling the silk, according to the requirements of the drawing, pinch the silk of a certain shape into the required ball outline.
After pinching the outer outline, use tweezers to fill in the prepared filament pattern. This process is called filling.
Commonly used tools for filling wire include tweezers, wire rods, small plates, small spoons, adhesive paper, rulers, scissors, etc.
Therefore, if you want to use filigree inlay technology, you will need to use a lot of tools, and you will definitely need special preparations.
You must know that these are all professional tools. If the tool is not suitable, nothing can be done. At the very least, it will be more laborious to do, and it may not necessarily be done well.