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Description: | Artist: Unknown; Date(s): circa 1662 - 1700; Classification(s): porcelain, box, throwing, hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze-blue; Acquisition: bequeathed by Reitlinger, Henry Scipio, 1950, Bequeathed by H.S. Reitlinger, 1950; transferred from the Reitlinger Trust, 1991. [C.726 & A-1991]
Description: Large seal paste box and cover. Hard-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue. Thickly potted, circular box and cover, with rounded sides, tapering to a low foot with flat, recessed, glazed base. The cover is decorated on the outside with scholars' leisurely pursuits in a garden (musicians and gaming parties at checkers and other pursuits). The inside is decorated with a couple offering incense to Shang Yuan Furen riding a qilin. The box is painted on the outside with sages, pavilion and a boatman (Shan Shui subjects), and on the inside with a junk in a mountain gorge. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/terms.htm | Publisher: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Rights holder: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Subjects: | porcelain Unknown box | Temporal: | name=Qing Dynasty (1644-1912); start=1662; end=1700 | Source: | Fitzwilliam Museum | Creator: | The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, UK | Identifier: | http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opacdire... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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