box;
cover
- Museum number
- 1947,0712.225
- Description
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Delicately painted in doucai enamels, this porcelain box is molded in the form of a figure of eight with a flat cover and a recessed base. The body bears a design of four mythical creatures, rather like chi dragons, with horns and bifurcated tails with a spearhead border above and below. The cover is painted with ten iron-red bats and two stylised round 壽shou [longevity] characters. The sides of the cover are ornamented with the Three Friends of Winter: pine, prunus and bamboo.
- Production date
- 1700-1735
- Dimensions
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Height: 3.80 centimetres
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Length: 10 centimetres
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Weight: 0.15 kilograms
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1947
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1947,0712.225
