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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1999.334.38.A-B
Title
Circular, Covered Cosmetic Box, the Cover with Blossoming Peony Decor, the Interior with Three Small Circular Containers in the Form of Lotus Leaves, Their Stems Held by a Small Child
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
12th-13th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China, Fujian Province
Period
Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/180593

Physical Descriptions

Medium
'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised and carved decoration, the interior with appliqué containers, stylized sculpture, and leaf stems, the appliqué elements touched with iron-brown slip to add areas of localized color in firing. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province.
Technique
Qingbai
Dimensions
with cover: H. 5.4 × Diam. 13.1 cm (2 1/8 × 5 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Shirley Nye, New York, NY, gift to HUAM

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Shirley Nye in memory of Warren E. Cox
Accession Year
1999
Object Number
1999.334.38.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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