1940.266.A-B: Covered Circular Box with Dragon-and-Phoenix Decor against a Floral Arabesque

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.266.A-B

Title

Covered Circular Box with Dragon-and-Phoenix Decor against a Floral Arabesque

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Wanli period, 1573-1620

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/205969

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt blue mark reading "Da Ming Wanli nian zhi" within a double-square set within a "ruyi" cloud-scroll border on the base

Dimensions

with cover: H. 13.4 x Diam. 29.2 cm (5 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.266.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 106, no. 310
• Jessica Chloros, "An Investigation of Cobalt Pigment on Islamic Ceramics at the Harvard Art Museums" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 2008), Unpublished, pp. 1-41 passim

Exhibition History

• Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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