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Blue-and-white miniature covered box with floral medallion on lid

Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Artwork Details

Blue-and-white miniature covered box with floral medallion on lid
16th century
Kiln Unknown, Vietnam
stoneware with blue underglaze painting
1 9/16 in. x 2 1/4 in. x 2 1/4 in. ( 3.9 cm x 5.7 cm x 5.7 cm )
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
1993/2.24.1-2

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Description

Subject Matter:

A ceramic box decorated with a floral medallion.

Physical Description:

A tiny, rounded stoneware box with a flat-topped lid, the lid decorated with a floral medallion in blue cobalt pigment before the entire box was coated with a whitish glaze.

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