Bottle and Lid
first half 17th century (made)
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Bottle, cylindrical, with round shoulders tapering to a narrow neck. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with two scenes, on one side is a man falling asleep at his desk, on the other side of the bottle is depicted his dream, in which he is shown accompanied with a lady in a garden by moonlight and being chased by a soldier. It has an engraved brass lid and rim of 19th century Persian workmanship.
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Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with engraved brass mount |
Brief description | Bottle and lid, porcelain painted in underglaze blue, with engraved Persian brass mount, China, Ming dynasty, first half of the 17th century |
Physical description | Bottle, cylindrical, with round shoulders tapering to a narrow neck. Porcelain painted in underglaze blue with two scenes, on one side is a man falling asleep at his desk, on the other side of the bottle is depicted his dream, in which he is shown accompanied with a lady in a garden by moonlight and being chased by a soldier. It has an engraved brass lid and rim of 19th century Persian workmanship. |
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Object history | Purchased from Robert Murdoch Smith, accessioned in 1876. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project. Bought in Persia. From the Richard collection.;; |
Production | Input by dataload |
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Accession number | 1601&LID-1876 |
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Record created | March 7, 2000 |
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