Covered box with birds and flowers in lake-green ground and fencai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Guangxu reign, 1874-1908

Covered box with birds and flowers in lake-green ground and fencai polychrome enamels, Qing dynasty, Guangxu reign, 1874-1908

• Image Number: K1B004657N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Ceramics
• Function: Container
• Material: Minerals/Ceramics/
• Description:
  The lid box is composed of a lid and a box body, which are shaped like steamed bread. The mouth margin is the mother and child mouth, with an oblique arc abdomen and a flat bottomed short circle foot. The lid and the inner wall of the box are painted with white glaze, and the outside of the box is painted with lake green glaze as the background. The picture of flowers and birds composed of pomegranates, peonies and quails is painted in pink, which means “many children, many blessings, peace and wealth”. The decoration connects the lid with the box body. On the lid, there is a red material seal of “Daya Zhai” and a red material seal of “Tiandi Yijia Spring”. On the outside of the box, there is a red material seal of “Yongqing Changchun”.