Box and lid with fruit decoration

Details

• Title

  Box and lid with fruit decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Jiangxi province › Jingdezhen › Jingdezhen kilns (place of creation)

• Date

  1650 - 1660
  Qing Dynasty, Shunzhi Period (1645 - 1661)

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue, and polychrome overglaze enamels

• Material index

  processed material › enamel;

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed;

  covered › coated › enamelled

• Object type

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  container › box

• Dimensions

  7 cm (height)
  9.5 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Gift of Gerald Reitlinger, 1978.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1978.1118

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