BoxesAnnamese15th century

Small Round Covered Box with Decoration of a Lotus on the Lid

15th century

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Blue-and-white ware: porcelaneous white stoneware with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt-blue

Culture

Annamese

Century

15th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

3.8 x 6.1 cm (1 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)

Related Artworks

Boxes

Circular Covered Silver-Form Box with Decoration of a Blossoming Plant

Unknown Artist, 9th century

Huangpu ware: light gray stoneware covered all over with white slip, the decoration painted in localized areas of discontinuous dark brown glaze. From the Huangpu kilns, Tongchuan, Shaanxi province

9th centuryChinese

Boxes

Snuffbox

Unidentified Artist, 18th century

Wood

18th centuryAmerican

Boxes

Kōdaiji Scroll Box (Fubako) with Lozenge and Crest Design

Unknown Artist, Momoyama period, late 16th century

Lacquer on wood with Kōdaiji-style decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground), e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground), and harigaki (linear incising) techniques; [modern] silver fittings

16th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Jade Circular Covered Incense Box with Peony Decor

Unknown Artist, 18th-early 19th century

Pale greenish white nephrite with white inclusions

18th-19th centuryChinese

Marble

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Geometric Hare-Medallion Design

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, late 17th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold and silver utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design) and e-nashiji (pictorial "pear-skinned" ground) techniques; stone and copper fittings

17th centuryJapanese

Boxes

Small covered box

Unknown Artist, 8th-9th century

White stoneware with ivory hued glaze

8th-9th centuryChinese

Boxes

Inkstone Box (Suzuribako) with Intertwined Pine and Cherry Tree Design

Unknown Artist, Early Edo period, early 17th century

Lacquer on wood with decoration in gold, silver, and sabi urushi (thick lacquer paste) utilizing the hiramaki-e (low-relief sprinkled design), takamaki-e (high-relief sprinkled design), and nashiji ("pear-skinned" ground) techniques, and with applied kirigane (cut gold and silver) and silver inlays; stone, metal, and enamel fittings

17th centuryJapanese