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Box
1640-1670
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Museum Object Number
2008.0011.007 A, B
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Oliver I. Shoemaker
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Object Number
2008.0011.007 A, B
Object Name
Box
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
China; Asia
Date
1640-1670
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Interior
Inscription: Rectangular label with the printed inscription "O. LENHART/COLLECTION/1009"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
- Lime (alkaline) glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.417 (H) x 2.795 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.6 (H) x 7.1 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Sheaf, Colin & Kilburn, Richard. 1988 The Hatcher Porcelain Cargoes: The Complete Record.
• Several underglze blue and white boxes of similar form but in different patterns, excavated from Hatcher Wreck, South China Sea 1643-46: pp. 60-62Book: Snodin, Michael & Styles, John. 2004 Design & The Decorative Arts: Tudor and Stuart Britain 1500-1714.
• Similar form of Chinese porcelain box holding lump sugar in tea vignette: pp. 152-53, no. 61, still life, unknown artist, probably London, c. 1695