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Box: OC.59 & A-1938

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Box and cover. Hard-paste porcelain, of square section, painted in yellow, green, aubergine and iron-red enamels with details in black with lotus reserved on trellis-diaper design.

Box and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in yellow, green, aubergine and iron-red enamels with details in black. Of square section with short straight sides the box rests on four low 'L'-shaped feet, one at each corner. Each side is decorated with a rectangular panel edged in a thin aubergine line outlined in black, enclosing trellis-diaper in yellow and green and centred with a single lotus flower in soft iron-red with green leaves and the stem outlined in black. The flat cover is decorated with a similar panel on top of a red lotus against yellow and green trellis-diaper within a thin yellow border; there is a ruyi-head in yellow, green and aubergine at each corner. The underside of the cover, the interior and the base are applied with a thin colourless glaze. The inner rims and bases of the feet are left unglazed.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Cecil E. Byas

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 7.9 cm
Height: 5.3 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938-01-19) by Byas, Cecil E.

Dating

Qing Dynasty
Kangxi Period (1662-1722)
Circa 1662 - Circa 1722

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( yellow, green, aubergine, iron-red and black) glaze
Body

Materials used in production

Hard-paste porcelain

Identification numbers

Accession number: OC.59 & A-1938
Primary reference Number: 77766

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 22 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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