Spotted Brass Crafts

Spotted Brass Crafts

　　A traditional handicraft from Yunnan. It is produced exclusively by the Kunming Spotted Brass Factory, the only manufacturer in China. The registered trademark is "Peacock" brand. Made from high-grade copper-based alloy raw materials, the crafts undergo casting, precision polishing, and complex post-processing techniques. With their bold, elegant, and rustic shapes, and their brownish-red surfaces presenting bizarrely shimmering, magnificent mottled artistic effects, they are considered high- to mid-end decorative and ornamental fine crafts. In 1978, the Bronze Ox and Tiger was rated as a national treasure at the National Arts and Crafts Exhibition. In 1978, the Bronze Ox and Tiger was rated as a national treasure at the National Arts and Crafts Exhibition. In 1983, spotted brass crafts won the Hundred Flowers Award from the Ministry of Light Industry. In 1990, the Yongning Qilin won the Gold Award at the 1990 China Tourism Shopping Festival. In 1995, the annual production reached 6,888 pieces, with products mainly sold to the United States, France, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, and Hong Kong.