Blue-and-white covered box with landscape scene on lid

Accession Number
1993/2.22.1-2

Title
Blue-and-white covered box with landscape scene on lid

Artist(s)
Kiln Unknown, Vietnam

Object Creation Date
16th century

Medium & Support
stoneware with blue underglaze painting

Dimensions
1 13/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. x 2 7/16 in. ( 4.6 cm x 6.2 cm x 6.2 cm )

Credit Line
Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund

Subject matter
A lakeside landscape scene in painted in blue cobalt pigments on the lid of this box.

Physical Description
A stoneware ceramic box, with a rounded bowl and a nearly flat lid, decorated with a free-hand drawn landscape in underglaze cobalt blue on the lid, and then coated in a whitish glaze overall.

Primary Object Classification
Ceramic

Primary Object Type
box

Additional Object Classification(s)
Decorative Arts

Collection Area
Asian

Rights
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Keywords
boxes (containers)
landscapes (representations)

5 Related Resources

Cobalt & Blue
(Part of: Exchange and Influence on Global Trade Routes)
Cabinet L: Shelf 2
(Part of: Albertine Monroe-Brown Study-Storage Gallery)

& Author Notes

Web Use Permitted

On display

UMMA Gallery Location ➜ AMH, 2nd floor ➜ 205 (Albertine Monroe-Brown Study-Storage Gallery) ➜ Cabinet L ➜ Shelf 2