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Box and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, green, iron-red, pale blue and black enamels with a dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl' amongst flame and cloud scrolls.
Box and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, green, iron-red, pale blue and black enamels. The cylindrical sides are gently tapered towards the unglazed convex base, and are encircled by a raised band and burnt a speckled rich orange in the firing. The sides of the box are boldly decorated on the exterior with a single fiery dragon pursuing a 'flaming pearl' amongst scattered flame and ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls. The shorter sides of the cover (A) have matching flame and cloud scrolls and the domed top has a futher dragon swooping downwards to grab an iron-red pearl; all between line borders in iron-red. The interior of both the box and cover are unglazed and reveal the hard, close-grained porcelain.
Bequeathed by The Rev A V Valentine-Richards
Diameter: 16 cm
Height: 10.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933-04-05) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa
1662
CE
-
Circa
1722
CE
Paint
composed of
enamels
( yellow, green, iron-red, pale blue and black enamels)
Exterior
composed of
glaze
Decoration
Interior
Throwing : Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, green, iron-red, pale blue and black enamels
Accession number: C.24 & A-1933
Primary reference Number: 73446
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Box" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73446 Accessed: 2024-11-15 08:33:55
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