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Pumpkin Box
Yang, Loretta - Enlarge image
Pumpkin Box
- Object:
Box
- Place of origin:
Taiwan (made)
- Date:
1997 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Yang, Loretta (maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Glass, cast using the lost wax method
- Credit Line:
Given by Loretta Yang
- Museum number:
FE.14-1998
- Gallery location:
On Display
Circular box in the shape of a pumpkin. Of a light green colour the box has an all-round pattern of lotus flowers and leaves. The lid is of a darker green, formed to simulate a lotus leaf. The knob of the lid is reddish pink.
This jar would have been an object decorating a couple’s home. The form and motifs are full of auspicious symbols. The jar is in the shape of a fruit. The pink knob represents two little stems of the same root. And all around the box are images of lotus leaves, flowers and seeds.
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