Object Details
- Description
- Covered box. Mold-formed.
- Clay: coarse porcelain.
- Glaze: lead-silcate glaze, tinted green with copper, applied on the biscuit. Knob unglazed.
- Decoration: mold-formed.
- Mark: none.
- Label
- Specific kilns in the Zhangzhou complex in southern Fujian province produced boxes of this sort, molded of porcelain clay and glazed on the biscuit with lead-silicate enamel glazes in shades of green, yellow, and purple. Caches of such brightly-glazed containers have been unearthed on the island of Sulawesi, although they are rarely found elsewhere in Indonesia.
- Provenance
- From 1965-69 to 2005
- Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman (1914-2005), acquired in Jakarta, Indonesia between 1965 and 1969. [1]
- From 2005 to 2010
- Janine Lydman, Washington, DC and Berryville, Virginia, ownership transferred to Mrs. Lydman after the death of her husband, Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman. [2]
- From 2010
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Washington, DC and Janine Lydman, Berryville, Virginia. [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] See note 1. See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.
- Collection
- National Museum of Asian Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman (1914-2005)
- Mrs. Janine Lydman
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Jack W. Lydman
- late 16th century
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Accession Number
- S2010.2a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Container
- Medium
- Porcelain with enamel glazes over biscuit
- Dimensions
- H x Diam (assembled): 4.4 x 4.4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in)
- Style
- Zhangzhou ware
- Origin
- possibly Tiankeng kiln group, Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Ceramics in Mainland Southeast Asia
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- ceramic
- Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Zhangzhou ware
- China
- porcelain
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_S2010.2a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3757eb8b4-ee27-45b9-9b53-a9f7f1e9d507
