Jingdezhen kilns
Round Covered Box Decorated with Splashed Butterfly Motif
1300-1399
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Jingdezhen kilns
Round Covered Box Decorated with Splashed Butterfly Motif
1300-1399
Physical Qualities
Porcelain with grayish blue-white glaze with brown spots, 2 H x 3 1/2 Diam. in. (5 x 9 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Object Number
1991.218
After this box was glazed, iron pigment was painted on to produce the brown
design. Spices, incense, seal paste, and cosmetics were among the items stored
in ceramic boxes.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1990; Terri and Erwin Harris, Baltimore
Asian Reinstallation: Home, Temple, Tomb
Asian Gallery Rotations 2021
Asian Gallery Rotations 2022
Asian Gallery Rotations 2023
Inscribed: None
