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Object Type
box
Museum number
PDF.644
Description
Circular porcelain box with rounded sides and flat lid. The box is made of 'soft paste' porcelain (hua shi). There are lotus and floral scrolls in underglaze cobalt blue on the cover, and scrolls and leaves on the lower part of box. There is a mark on the base.
Cultures/periods
Qing dynasty
Production date
18thC
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
underglazed
Dimensions
Diameter:
63 millimetres
Height:
23 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Qing 18thC
Room 95 label text: PDF 644 Blue-and-white box The base has an apocryphal six-character underglaze blue Jiajing reign mark. Porcelain with underglaze cobalt-blue decoration Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Qing dynasty, about AD 1700–1800
PDF 644 青花盒 器底署青花六字嘉靖偽託年款。 瓷器,青花 江西省景德鎮 清代,約1700-1800年
Bibliographic references
Pierson 2004 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.31, no.644)
Medley 1976 / Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains
(p.22, no.644)
Location
On display
(G95/dc24/sh3)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.644