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A square box, possibly used for picnics, which is decorated with yellow and red dragons on a blue ground. In the centre is a rampant dragon among cloud bands and round the sides are sinuous dragons pursuing flaming pearls among cloud bands. Both the rim of the box and the cover have a key fret border.
History note: Bought from Sotheby's, May 11th 1954, Mrs Seligman Sale.
Bought from Sotheby's, with the Glaisher Fund
Diameter: 16.2 cm
Height: 8.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (1954-05-27) by Sotheby's
Ming Dynasty
1522
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1566
Underglaze blue ground
Hard-paste porcelain
Accession number: C.51 & A-1954
Primary reference Number: 75342
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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