15929647480001312637261000Standard Recordobject-75342170249421696014503463670001702494119169fitz-onlineadlib-object-75342https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/7534231306899-fbab-30ed-9af8-7730019fdbaf4referenceterm-37627adlib-term-37627254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7hard-paste porcelainApplied ArtsA 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.C.51 & A-19541accession numberC.51 & A-195475342priref75342urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75342https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/75342referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumBought from Sotheby's, with the Glaisher Fundreferenceagent-150858adlib-agent-150858d36d1847-4d6a-33eb-974b-f4b061db49f9Sotheby's195419541954-05-27boughtEntry date: 1954-05-2715221522152215221566Chia Ching period1156615661566productionreferenceagent-149652adlib-agent-1496520d4f90dc-b166-3d4b-b0db-25f4118b6e98Unknownreferenceterm-117335adlib-term-1173356aebf019-beae-33a2-9a9c-19312fa02829Ming Dynastyreferenceterm-115511adlib-term-11551195354bea-ee01-3917-8f14-2e642f756309underglaze blue groundreferenceterm-37627adlib-term-37627254febfe-0021-3e45-89a7-d57ba40044c7hard-paste porcelainDiametercm16.2Heightcm8.6referencemedia-44968adlib-media-449689aaa0147-9438-3233-91e3-4f9310aa754ajpegaa/aa13/C_51_20_26_20A_1954_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162684118791imagejpegaa/aa13/mid_C_51_20_26_20A_1954_281_29.jpg1heightpixels362widthpixels50016162684118791imagejpegaa/aa13/C_51_20_26_20A_1954_281_29.jpg1heightpixels550widthpixels76016162684118791imagejpegaa/aa13/preview_C_51_20_26_20A_1954_281_29.jpg1heightpixels181widthpixels25016162684118791image0media
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imagereferenceterm-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxbox and coverhistory noteBought from Sotheby's, May 11th 1954, Mrs Seligman Sale.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumIllustration of identical boxfig. 184105referencepublication-1898adlib-publication-1898022227df-bd3b-3648-b01f-672b1d1e5d8dChinese Ceramics in Private Collectionsreferencepublication-3711adlib-publication-371190cab75b-c8c5-3eea-8cc4-9f76aec791c9Chinese Pottery and Porcelain. An account of the potter's art in China from primitive times to the present day ... Forty plates in colour and ninety-six in black and whitereferenceterm-106246adlib-term-1062463c8d7753-a7af-38fc-96e0-f16e7d46d3d0boxboxreferenceterm-29074adlib-term-29074d43bed35-3a39-31cd-a3c8-7d0acb1e82ceunderglazeobject
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