Covered box

Object Details

• Description

  Covered box with flat lid, tapering body, and flat base.

  Clay: porcelain; buff with orange oxidation at edges of glaze.

  Glaze: translucent white with blue-gray tint, matte, coarsely crackled; interior of body and center of interior of lid glazed.

  Decoration: in underglaze cobalt. On lid, thick and thin double line surrounding central medallion containing eight-pointed foliate motif. Five foliate clusters spaced around edge of lid, above single line near rim. On body, double line below rim and single line above base, framing three floral sprays interspersed with single flowers or insects.

  Mark: none.

• Provenance

  From 1959 to 1989

  Dean Frasché, Greenwich, CT, acquired in Jakarta in 1959 [1]

  From 1989

  Freer Gallery of Art, given by Dean Frasché in 1989

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Note 2 in the object record.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Taking Shape: Ceramics in Southeast Asia (April 1, 2007 to December 4, 2011)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Dean Frasché (1906-1994)

• Origin

  Jingdezhen kilns, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Dean Frasché

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1590s, 1400s

• Name

  Frasche, Dean

• Place

  China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen, Jingdezhen kilns

• Topic

  Cobalt pigment, Porcelain, Art, Clear glaze, Chinese Art, Flowers, Jingdezhen ware, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers