Author(s):
changsha (ceramic production center)
date of production: between 900 and 960
type(s) of object(s): domestic life, ceramics, china
name(s): box
materials and techniques: stoneware, casting, glaze = covered
place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province)
dimensions - artwork:
height: 4. 3cm
diameter: 6. 2cm
description:
round box in melon ribs, placed on a ring foot. Off-white sandstone, with red spots, covered with a "qingbai" glaze which stops before the foot. On the body, interior and exterior, the pale blue cover, with a more intense tone in the hollow. On the lid, it is finely speckled and inlaid with red and appears more gray-pink. The inside of the lid, at the bottom, has a very pale blue cover, quite well preserved (m. -t. Bobot). Iconographic description:
on the lid, a flower with five petals, molded in low relief. Historical commentary:
old mu-fei collection
themes / subjects / places represented:
flower
mode of acquisition: legacy
name of donor, testator, seller: bécue, colette, society of friends of the cernuschi museum
date of acquisition: 1976
institution: cernuschi museum, museum of asian arts of the city of paris
inventory number: m. C. 9518. Date: between 900 and 960.
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