Covered box
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Period
15th-16th century -
Geography
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China -
Material
Porcelain with cobalt pigment under clear glaze -
Dimension
H x W x D: 3.9 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/16 x 2 3/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1989.8a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1989.8a-b
Object Details
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Description
Round box with flat lid, tapering body, and flat base.Clay: porcelain, grayish-white; flange of body rim chipped and worn.Glaze: translucent white with bluish tint where thick, matte, coarsely crackled and stained in some areas of crackle; interior of body and lid glazed unevenly; base unglazed.Decoration: in underglaze cobalt. Double ring surrounding central medallion containing six-pointed foliate motif. Four foliate clusters evenly spaced around edge, above single line near rim. On body, single line below rim and single line above base framing two sprays of three leafy branches each, alternating with two crescent-shaped motifs.Mark: none. -
Provenance
From 1959Dean Frasché, collected in 1959 from Djakarta, Indonesia. [1]To 1989Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Dean Frasché, Greenwich, Connecticut. [2]Notes:[1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.[2] See note 1.Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920, Collections Management Office. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Previous custodian or owner
Dean Frasché (1906-1994) -
Origin
Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Dean Frasché -
Type
Container -
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