White ware box with peony decoration, and modelled lotus plants inside

Details

• Title

  White ware box with peony decoration, and modelled lotus plants inside

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province (place of creation)

• Date

  Song Dynasty (AD 960 - 1279)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with moulded decoration under a bluish-white glaze (qingbai ware); unglazed base; modelled plants inside

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  formed › moulded;

  formed › modelled;

  glazed

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › model;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › box

• Dimensions

  with lid 4 cm max. (height)
  without lid 3 cm (height)
  8.2 cm (diameter)
  at base 6.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.1404

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