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Pottery: Unknown
Seal paste box with flower design. Porcelain, slab-built, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The square box has straight sides, a shallow domed cover and an unglazed base. The cover is painted in underglaze-blue with a flower spray, the four sides each with a scroll motif. Wooden box.
History note: Purchased with its box for his wife by the donor in Seoul, whilst visiting British troops to talk to them about Korea during a truce in the Korean war.
Given by G. St. G. M. Gompertz, CBE, in memory of his wife, Elizabeth.
Method of acquisition: Given (1992-03-02) by Gompertz, Godfrey St. George Montague
19th Century
Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
Circa
1800
-
1900
Box
composed of
wood (plant material)
Decoration
composed of
glaze
cobalt-blue
Seal Paste Box
composed of
porcelain
Height 3.1 cm
Width 4.1 cm
Cover
Accession number: C.65 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 16508
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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