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Twisted enamel scorpion ear incense burners are extremely rare, with exquisite shapes. This You'er incense burner has a relatively flat shape, with straight and straight double You'er ears. It is overall beautiful and has a regular shape, which has the characteristics of the appearance of You'er incense burners from the Ming Chongzhen period. The wall of this furnace is relatively thick, leaving a portion of the copper tire to be gilded. The inner chamber is polished smooth, and the gilding is mellow. The outer wall is threaded and filled with enamel material. A circle of Ruyi cloud head patterns is decorated along the mouth and belly bottom. The abdomen is threaded with tangled flower patterns, and the foot edge is wrapped in a zigzag pattern. The two scorpion ears are threaded into a dragon head pattern, which is delicate and gentle. Fill in deep blue, sky blue, deep red, white, bright yellow, deep green, black, and purple, reflecting each other. The enamel material is opaque, with large local trachoma, and the surface lacks the smoothness of Qing Dynasty enamel. The enamel hair color is also calm, with a high purity of color, which is in line with the characteristics of late Ming Dynasty enamel materials. Large imperial censers with imperial crowns and ears are commonly seen in wire enamel copper stoves, while there are not many exquisite styles of literati copper stoves. Currently, the Palace Museum in Beijing has a collection of early and mid Ming Dynasty You'er incense stoves (with many higher legs and a dragon head style, closer to the Gui style). Most of the wire enamel literati incense stoves in the middle and late Ming Dynasty were made of towering ears, nipples, and feet, and there were hardly any standard You'er styles. The collection of literati style incense burners was most prosperous during the Jiajing to Chongzhen periods of the Ming Dynasty, when many top-notch incense burners were produced. Among them, the You'er incense burner from the Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty is a famous product among literati incense burners. Whether in terms of copper or style, it is a highly integrated work of art and craftsmanship, and can be said to be an exquisite product.