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Pottery: Unknown
Box and cover with crane and landscape designs. Porcelain, thrown, painted in cobalt-blue and glazed. The box is almost cylindrical and has a slightly domed cover. The cover is painted with a crane flying among clouds and the sides with landscape designs. The painted designs are light blue, the glaze is tinged with pale blue and has in places discoloured and turned pinkish. The rims of both cover and box are unglazed. The narrow footring shows traces of a sandy fire-clay support.
History note: Unknown before donor
Gompertz Gift
Method of acquisition: Given (1984) by Gompertz, G. St. G. M., Mr and Mrs
19th Century
Choson Dynasty (1392 - 1910)
Circa
1800
-
1900
This kind of box was used as a container for matching dishes.
Decoration
composed of
glaze
Box And Cover
composed of
porcelain
Rim
Diameter 12.7 cm
Cover
Diameter 13.0 cm
Foot
Diameter 8.7 cm
Box
Height 9.5 cm
Accession number: C.96 & A-1984
Primary reference Number: 16493
Old object number: V
Box number: 102
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Box" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16493 Accessed: 2024-12-19 16:22:51
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