Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:flaming jewel dragon
Dimensions:Height: 7 centimetres Length: 15.50 centimetres Width: 13.50 centimetres
Description:
Quatrefoil porcelain box and cover with underglaze blue decoration. This quatrefoil box has a slightly domed lid and a broad foot. It is glazed inside and out and is decorated on the lid with a quatrefoil cartouche containing a full-frontal dragon among clouds, holding a flaming pearl above its head. This is surrounded by a border of two dragons, stylized rocks and ‘ruyi’ cloud scrolls with a key-fret border below. The lower part of the box is similarly decorated and there is a six-character Wanli reign mark arranged in two vertical rows on the base.
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![图片[1]-box BM-1947-0712.221.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00265165_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-box BM-1947-0712.221.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Ming dynasty/Ceramics/mid_01092488_001.jpg)
Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Roxes of all shapes and sizes were made in the Wanli era, some in specifically modified shapes such as the long thin rectangular boxes for fans now in the Changshu Museum, Jiangsu. The function of other boxes, such as the present example, is less clear but possibly it was a container for a gift of sweetmeats.
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, underglazed,
Subjects:flaming jewel dragon
Dimensions:Height: 7 centimetres Length: 15.50 centimetres Width: 13.50 centimetres
Description:
Quatrefoil porcelain box and cover with underglaze blue decoration. This quatrefoil box has a slightly domed lid and a broad foot. It is glazed inside and out and is decorated on the lid with a quatrefoil cartouche containing a full-frontal dragon among clouds, holding a flaming pearl above its head. This is surrounded by a border of two dragons, stylized rocks and ‘ruyi’ cloud scrolls with a key-fret border below. The lower part of the box is similarly decorated and there is a six-character Wanli reign mark arranged in two vertical rows on the base.
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Comments:Harrison-Hall 2001:Roxes of all shapes and sizes were made in the Wanli era, some in specifically modified shapes such as the long thin rectangular boxes for fans now in the Changshu Museum, Jiangsu. The function of other boxes, such as the present example, is less clear but possibly it was a container for a gift of sweetmeats.
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