Period:Qing dynasty Production date:1700-1735
Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, doucai,
Subjects:the three friends of winter
Dimensions:Height: 3.80 centimetres Length: 10 centimetres Weight: 0.15 kilograms
Description:
Delicately painted in doucai enamels, this porcelain box is molded in the form of a figure of eight with a flat cover and a recessed base. The body bears a design of four mythical creatures, rather like chi dragons, with horns and bifurcated tails with a spearhead border above and below. The cover is painted with ten iron-red bats and two stylised round 壽shou [longevity] characters. The sides of the cover are ornamented with the Three Friends of Winter: pine, prunus and bamboo.
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![图片[1]-box; cover BM-1947-0712.225-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/Ceramics/mid_00013082_001.jpg)
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Materials:porcelain
Technique:glazed, doucai,
Subjects:the three friends of winter
Dimensions:Height: 3.80 centimetres Length: 10 centimetres Weight: 0.15 kilograms
Description:
Delicately painted in doucai enamels, this porcelain box is molded in the form of a figure of eight with a flat cover and a recessed base. The body bears a design of four mythical creatures, rather like chi dragons, with horns and bifurcated tails with a spearhead border above and below. The cover is painted with ten iron-red bats and two stylised round 壽shou [longevity] characters. The sides of the cover are ornamented with the Three Friends of Winter: pine, prunus and bamboo.
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