Boîte miniature, M.C. 9520(2)

Author(s): changsha (ceramic production center) date of production: between 900 and 960 dating in century: 10th century type(s) of object(s): domestic life, ceramics, china name(s): box materials and techniques: porcelain, glaze = covered place(s) of execution/realization: hunan (province) dimensions - artwork: height: 2. 5cm diameter: 2. 8cm description: small round box with an angular profile. Placed on a round foot, it has a cylindrical central part which tapers to the lid and the body. Flat top. White porcelain; covered smooth and shiny, barely bluish, covering neither the base nor the edge of the body nor the edge of the lid and its cylindrical part. The rest is covered with this smooth covering which is only slightly cracked and encrusted with red inside the body (m. -t. Bobot). Iconographic description: the silhouette evokes archaic bronzes of the “teou” type or lacquer boxes from the warring states and han era (5th century bc – 3rd century ad) historical commentary: old mu-fei collection acquisition method: manual donation name of donor, testator, seller: 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. 9520. Date: between 900 and 960.