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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 137, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Box and Lid

1662-1722 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box and lid of porcelain, square, on four small feet. Painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit in the famille verte palette. On top, a dragon pursuing a pearl among waves. On the sides, a figure in a landscape; a flower in a fan-shaped panel; peonies growing among rocks; a poem in a fan-shaped panel.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Box
  • Lid
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in polychrome enamels
Brief description
Box and lid, porcelain painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit in the famille verte palette, China, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (with Chenghua mark)
Physical description
Box and lid of porcelain, square, on four small feet. Painted in polychrome enamels on the biscuit in the famille verte palette. On top, a dragon pursuing a pearl among waves. On the sides, a figure in a landscape; a flower in a fan-shaped panel; peonies growing among rocks; a poem in a fan-shaped panel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.7cm
  • Width: 7cm
Styles
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Object history
Bequeathed by Mr. George Salting, accessioned in 1910. This acquisition information reflects that found in the Asia Department registers, as part of a 2022 provenance research project.
Production
Register
Subjects depicted
Other number
Loan no. 194
Collection
Accession number
C.1078&A-1910

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Record createdMarch 4, 2009
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