Period:Ming dynasty Production date:16thC
Materials:soapstone, gold,
Technique:gilded, carved, engraved,
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 5 centimetres Width: 6.20 centimetres Depth: 2.40 centimetres
Description:
Lidded box. The lid is in the shape of Li Bo with a wine-jar and a fan. The sides are decorated with engraved and gilded lotus scrolls; on the interior is an engraved and gilded chrysanthemum. Made of carved soapstone or steatite.
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Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1866 “1866. A rice or Alabaster box wt. a Chinese picture on it. By Mr. Bell.” AWF 1853 – “Steatite. In form of a seated figure wh: forms lid. Low relief. L. 2 5/8.” Described by Sloane in his Catalogue of Miscellanies: ‘1866. A rice or Alabaster box wt. a Chinese picture on it.by Mr. Bell.’
Materials:soapstone, gold,
Technique:gilded, carved, engraved,
Subjects:flower
Dimensions:Height: 5 centimetres Width: 6.20 centimetres Depth: 2.40 centimetres
Description:
Lidded box. The lid is in the shape of Li Bo with a wine-jar and a fan. The sides are decorated with engraved and gilded lotus scrolls; on the interior is an engraved and gilded chrysanthemum. Made of carved soapstone or steatite.
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Comments:Sir Hans Sloane’s ‘Miscellanea’ catalogue is a bound volume in Central Archives containing seven separate catalogues: ‘Miscellanies’, ‘Antiquities’, ‘Seals’, ‘Pictures’, ‘Mathematical Instruments’, ‘Agate Handles’ and ‘Agate Cups, Bottles, Spoons’. Each contains numbered entries that list and describe objects collected by Sloane between the 1680s and 1750s. Each catalogue begins with object number one. Text from Sloane Miscellanea catalogue: Miscellanea Miscellanies 1866 “1866. A rice or Alabaster box wt. a Chinese picture on it. By Mr. Bell.” AWF 1853 – “Steatite. In form of a seated figure wh: forms lid. Low relief. L. 2 5/8.” Described by Sloane in his Catalogue of Miscellanies: ‘1866. A rice or Alabaster box wt. a Chinese picture on it.by Mr. Bell.’
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