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A white porcelain box with latched top and painted scene on the lid depicts a seated man and woman.　

This small hand painted porcelain box could fit in the hand. The upper half of the lid shows a seated fair-skinned couple holding hands. The women on right wears a pink and yellow hoop skirt dress, the man on left wears a long blue jacket with purple and white stockings as they sit in a natural landscape. The sides of the white box are trimmed with gold paint in a cross-hatch pattern with blue painted scallops in the corners.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1997.105
People
Manufactured by Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, German (founded 1710)
Title
Box
Classification
Boxes
Work Type
box
Date
c. 1870
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Germany
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/226895

Location

Location
Level 1, Room 1510, Modern and Contemporary Art, Disrupt the View: Arlene Shechet at the Harvard Art Museums
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Porcelain with enamels and gold
Dimensions
4 x 3.5 x 4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/8 x 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • manufacturer's mark: bottom of boxf, blue underglaze: [crossed swords, dot underneath] [mark of Meissen Porcelain Manufactory, Marcolini period]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter P. Gunn, Jr. family, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1997

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Walter P. Gunn, Jr. Family
Accession Year
1997
Object Number
1997.105
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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