box BM-PDF-A.680

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

Dimensions:Diameter: 43 millimetres Height: 30 millimetres

Description:
Small round covered porcelain box. Underglaze blue with two dragons and flaming pearls around sides of lid and lower half of porcelain box. Dragon in a double circle on the top. There is an inscription on the base. The box contains solid red ink for marking seals.
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Comments:Published PDF date : Ming Wanli 1573-1620 Room 95 label text:PDF A680Blue-and white boxThis box was made for cosmetics or for seal paste. The base carries a Wanli reign mark in underglaze blue. Cobalt pigment used for imperial wares during the second half of the sixteenth century has a distinctive strong, dark, and even tone.Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decorationJingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period, AD 1573–1620 PDF A680青花盒本件瓷盒用來放化妝品或印泥。外底署青花萬歷年款。十六世紀后半葉御用陶瓷所用的鈷料特別，色調強烈深重均勻。瓷器，青花江西省景德鎮明代，萬歷，萬歷款，1573–1620年