BoxesChinese13th century

Small Circular Covered Box with Floral Decoration

probably 13th century

Classification

Boxes

Technique

Qingbai

Medium

Qingbai ware: molded porcelain with pale sky-blue glaze

Culture

Chinese

Period

Southern Song period (1127-1279) to Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

Century

13th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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