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Covered box,

13th–14th century

Chinese
Southern Song dynasty, 1127–1279 | Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368
2019-306 a-b

Information

Title
Covered box
Dates

13th–14th century

Medium
Qingbai ware; porcelain with molded designs under light-blue glaze
Dimensions
h. 7 × diam. 11.2 cm (2 3/4 × 4 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard and Ruth Dickes
Object Number
2019-306 a-b
Place Made

Asia, China

Description
Circular covered box. A roundel on the top of the lid is decorated with an intermeshed coin or trellis pattern encircled by rounded flutes that are contined onto the lower section down and foot ring. Glaze covers the interior and exterior, except the bottom edge of the cover, receiving flange of the lower section, and on the bottom.
Culture
Period

– Flores &amp; Iva (New York, NY), sold to Richard and Ruth Dickes (Morristown, NJ).<br> –2019 Richard and Ruth Dickes (Morristown, NJ), by gift to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2019.<br>