box BM-PDF.742

Period:Ming dynasty Production date:1573-1620
Materials:porcelain
Technique:underglazed, wucai,

Dimensions:Diameter: 41 millimetres

Description:
Porcelain box with domed cover, flattened circular top, rounded sides and a recessed base. There is a dragon enclosed within a double circle in wucai-style underglaze blue and overglaze enamel on top of cover, two dragons chasing a flaming pearl around the sides, and two dragons with pearls on the lower part. There is a mark in underglaze blue on the base.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620 Room 95 label text:PDF 742Wucai box with dragonsPotters decorated this box in a twice-fired technique called 五彩 (wucai ‘five colours’) composed of underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow, and green.. The base carries an underglaze blue Wanli reign mark. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze wucai enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620 PDF 742五彩龍紋盒此五彩盒兩次燒成，包括釉下青花及釉上紅、黃及綠彩。器底署青花萬曆年款。瓷器，青花，釉上五彩江西省景德鎮明代，萬曆，萬曆款，1573-1620年