How much do you know about ancient enamelware?

Enamel ware that metal tire enamel ware, is a set of metal production and enamel glaze processing treatment as one of the composite craft products. It not only has the metal precious, solid characteristics, but also has the enamel glaze crystal, smooth and suitable for decorative features. With a bronze-like grandeur, silk brocade-like colorful and porcelain-like bright moist texture.

Enamel ware type is diverse, there are bottles, plates, bowls, stoves, tripods, round boxes, incense burners, etc.; enamel glaze colors are mostly sky blue, sapphire blue, light green, dark green, chicken blood red and yellow, etc.; auspicious motifs for banana leaves, Taotie, lion play ball, passion flower and Damien lotus, etc.. Enamelware crafts use gold, silver, copper and a variety of natural minerals as raw materials, integrating art, craftsmanship, carving, inlay, glass melting, metallurgy and other specialized technologies. As a court art, enamelware is a noble decorative artwork in the Ming and Qing palaces, with distinctive national style and profound cultural connotation, known as the Chinese national treasure, and selected as one of the first national intangible cultural heritage list.