1940.182.A-B: Covered Box in the Form of an "X" with Dragon-and-Cloud Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1940.182.A-B

Title

Covered Box in the Form of an "X" with Dragon-and-Cloud Decor

Classification

Boxes

Work Type

box

Date

Longqing period, 1567-1572

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China, Jiangxi province, Jingdezhen

Period

Ming dynasty, 1368-1644

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/205503

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Enameled blue-and-white ware, "wucai" type: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome enamels; with underglaze cobalt-blue mark reading "Da Ming Longqing nian zao" within a double circle on the base

Dimensions

H. 5.7 x W. 14.3 x D. 10.8 cm (2 1/4 x 5 5/8 x 4 1/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Samuel C. Davis

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

1940.182.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Henry Trubner, Chinese Ceramics, from the prehistoric period through Ch'ien Lung: a loan exhibition from collections in America and Japan, exh. cat., Los Angeles County Museum (Los Angeles, CA, 1952), p. 105, no. 306
• Suzanne G. Valenstein, Ming Porcelains: A Retrospective, exh. cat., China Institute in America (New York, 1970), p. 83, no. 55

Exhibition History

• Chinese Ceramics from the Prehistoric Period through Ch'ien Lung, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art, 03/14/1952 - 04/27/1952

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