Maker: Unknown
Grey stoneware cosmetic box with impressed and incised decoration. The lower part has a rounded base and sides which narrow at the top to create a slight shoulder covered by the deep, domed cover. The lower part of the sides are decorated with eight incised circles, each containing five radiating lines. Above, there is a zone of vertical rows of impressed marks and a zone of slanting rows of impressed marks.
The cover has a zone of vertical rows of impressed marks.
The interior has brownish accretions and there are brown stains on one side of the box and cover.
History note: Captain Dugald Malcolm
Lent to the museum by Helen H. L. Whittow (nee Malcolm)
Diameter: 6 cm
Height: 6.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Loan (1992) by Whittow, Helen H. L. (nee Malcolm)
Silla Kingdom (57BC-956)
7th Century
Possibly
600
-
699
Accession number: ML.11 & A-1992
Primary reference Number: 138716
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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