Blue-and-white box and lid with moon goddess Chang E

Details

• Title

  Blue-and-white box and lid with moon goddess Chang E

• Associated place

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

• Date

  1665 - 1674

• Material and technique

  porcelain, with underglaze painting in cobalt-blue

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › porcelain

• Technique index

  covered › coated › painted;

  glazed

• Object type

  container › box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  with lid 11.8 cm (height)
  without lid 6.3 cm (height)
  20.6 cm (diameter)
  at foot 11.8 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.

  EA1978.985

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