Covered box
Date1573-1619
Maker
Chinese
, Jingdezhen
Label TextThis lobed box is decorated with a design of phoenixes in deep “Mohammedan blue.” Middle Eastern cobalt used to create underglaze-blue decoration was the first foreign material to enter the porcelain-making enterprise of China.
Object number51.87
Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Glaze, Pattern and Image: Decoration in Chinese Ceramics", September 7, 2002 - November 19, 2002
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, "Porcelain Stories: From China to Europe", February 17, 2000-May 7, 2000 (2/17/2000 - 5/7/2000)
Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, "Chinese Ceramics and Snuff Bottles from the Ming and Xing Dynasties", January 14, 2006 - April 2, 2006Published ReferencesEmerson, Julie, Jennifer Chen, & Mimi Gardner Gates, "Porcelain Stories, From China to Europe", Seattle Art Museum, 2000, pg. 68Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection
Dimensions4 1/4 x 3 in. (10.8 x 7.6 cm)
MediumHard paste porcelain
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