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Object Type
box
Museum number
PDF.835
Description
Porcelain covered box of circular flattened form. There is a 'mille fleurs' design in 'famille rose' palette enamel on the exterior of both the lid and the base, a five-clawed dragon on the interior of the lid, and floral sprays on the interior of the base.
Cultures/periods
Republic
Production date
20thC
Production place
Made in:
Jingdezhen
Materials
porcelain
Technique
glazed
painted
Dimensions
Diameter:
118 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published PDF date : Republican period
Room 95 label text: PDF 835 Box with tiny flower design This box is decorated with fencai (powdered colours) and gilding with tiny flowers in a technique popular with Venetian glassmakers. Porcelain with fencai (powdered colours) and gilding Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province 江西省, 景德鎮 Republican period, about AD 1912–1949
PDF 835 細密花卉紋盒 此盒以粉彩和描金技法繪製細密花卉圖案,這種技藝在威尼斯玻璃工匠中頗為流行。 瓷器,粉彩,金彩 江西省景德鎮 民國,約1912-1949年
Bibliographic references
Scott 1991 / Illustrated Catalogue of Qing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.28, no.835)
Lady David 1973 / Illustrated Catalogue of Ch'ing Enamelled Ware in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art
(p.16, no.835)
Wilson 1998 / Rare Marks on Chinese Ceramics
(pp 44-45, no.12)
Hobson, Rackham & King 1931 / Chinese Ceramics in Private Collections
(p.201; fig. 361.)
Location
On display
(G95/dc33/sh1)
Department
Asia
Registration number
PDF.835