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Object Type
box
Museum number
PDF.708
Description
Porcelain hexagonal box with cover and open panelwork sides. There are medallions of dragons in clouds and flames in under- and over- glaze enamels on a green ground, bordered top and bottom by raised bands of red hexagon and petal diaper.
Cultures/periods
Ming dynasty
Production date
17thC
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
painted
Dimensions
Height:
124 millimetres
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Ming second half 16th century
Room 95 label text: PDF 708 Hexagonal wucai box Potters decorated this box in a twice-fired technique called 五彩 (wucai ‘five colours’) composed of underglaze blue and overglaze red, yellow, and green. Porcelain with moulded, underglaze cobalt-blue and overglaze wucai enamels Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province江西省, 景德鎮 Ming dynasty, Wanli period, AD 1573–1620
PDF 708 五彩六方盒 此五彩盒兩次燒成,包括釉下青花及釉上紅、黃及綠彩。 瓷器,模制,青花,釉上五彩 江西省景德鎮 明代,萬曆,約1573-1620年
Bibliographic references
Feng 2006 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming and Ming Style Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.22, no.708)
Medley 1978 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ming Polychrome Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.31, no.81, pl. VII)
Hobson 1934 / A Catalogue of Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Collection of Sir Percival David Bt., F.S.A.
(p. 141, pl. CXL)
Medley 1975 / Volume 7: Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(Monochrome pl. 156)
Feng 2006a / Ming Colours Polychrome Porcelain from Jingdezhen
(pp 84-85, no. 33)
Location
On display
(G95/dc27/sh2)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.708