Paint box decorated with flowers

Chinese Collection

Accession Nr.: 74.34.1-2
Type: object for daily use; pottery
Date of production:
1573–1619
Ming dynasty
Place of production:
Materials: porcelain
Techniques: underglaze blue
Dimensions: height: 4.8 cm
width: 6 cm
length: 11.4 cm
Rectangular shaped, lidded, two-section paint box. As a rule, such small vessels were used to store paint for seal, and, being an important ornamental vessels of writing tables, were highly appreciated by scholars.