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Object Type
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Museum number
PDF.677
Description
Circular porcelain box with domed cover. There are stylised lotus flowers in underglaze copper red with incised detail on the exterior, and a leaf pattern incised on the mouth rim of the lower half. There is a mark in underglaze cobalt blue on the base.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Kangxi
Production date
1662-1722
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
incised
Dimensions
Diameter:
66 millimetres
Height:
50 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing 19thC
Room 95 label text: PDF 677 Box with underglaze red lotus scroll The base has an apocryphal six-character underglaze blue Jiajing reign mark Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue and underglaze copper-red decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, Kangxi period, AD 1662–1722
PDF 677 釉裏紅荷蓮紋盒 器底署青花六字嘉靖偽託年款。 瓷器,青花,釉裏紅 江西省景德鎮 清代,康熙, 1662-1722年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.43, no.677)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.29, no.677)
Location
On display
(G95/dc24/sh7)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.677