Box and Lid
1279-1368 (made)
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A shallow circular box with rounded spreading sides and flat, concave base, approximately matched by a cover with however a convex top, and fitting over the flanged lip of the box. The somewhat brittle porcelain is highly translucent and white in colour, with an orange firing-stain on the base; therein, faintly greenish glaze covers the top and extends only halfway down the sides of the box, also appearing inside the lid. The moulded reliefs are in a wiry, linear style and comprise a blooming lotus spray on the top framed by three lines, and rather calligraphic leafy scrolls round the sides of both top and bottom, with touches of combwork.
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain with moulded relief decoration under the glaze |
| Brief description | Qingbai ware. Box and lid, porcelain with moulded relief decoration under qingbai glaze; excavated in the Philippines, made in China (Fujian province), Yuan dynasty (1279-1368) |
| Physical description | A shallow circular box with rounded spreading sides and flat, concave base, approximately matched by a cover with however a convex top, and fitting over the flanged lip of the box. The somewhat brittle porcelain is highly translucent and white in colour, with an orange firing-stain on the base; therein, faintly greenish glaze covers the top and extends only halfway down the sides of the box, also appearing inside the lid. The moulded reliefs are in a wiry, linear style and comprise a blooming lotus spray on the top framed by three lines, and rather calligraphic leafy scrolls round the sides of both top and bottom, with touches of combwork. |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir John Addis KCMG |
| Object history | The group of objects (FE.3 to 105-1975) were all acquired by Sir John Addis during his stay in Manila as British Ambassador, ca. 1965-70, and are purportedly from excavations there. See papers published at the Manila Trade Pottery Seminiar, 1968, here noted; also Locsin, L & C, Oriental Ceramics discovered in the Philippines, Rutland & Tokyo 1968; and Addis, J. M. Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1967-69 London : The Society, pp. 17-36. |
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| Accession number | FE.85&A-1975 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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