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Lidded Container
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- GK626
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Title | Lidded Container |
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Designation | |
Artist | |
Category | Ceramics (G), Chinese Ceramics |
Country | China |
Period | Tang |
Century | 8th |
Year | |
Quantity | |
Materials | Earthenware with three-color lead glazes (sancai) |
Dimensions | 9.9cm Mouth diameter 9.8cm Base diameter 5.8cm |
Inscription by | |
Signature/Seals Etc | |
Donor | Matsui Hirotsugu |
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This kind of lidded round box was likely used to hold precious items such as medicine or incense. It has a flat base and slightly rounded lid. White reserve spots on the indigo-blue lead-glazed lid are dotted with brown to look like flowers.
China-Tang