Covered Box for Seal Paste

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Associated Names
Chinese Qing Dynasty

Artist

The sculpture is a round, lidded box with a smooth surface. It has a muted red and beige color palette. The top is primarily red, blending into a creamier beige near the edges. The lid fits snugly over the base, which has red patterning along the upper edge. The sculpture is made of ceramic material. The form is simple and streamlined, without intricate details, emphasizing the color gradient on its surface.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    porcelain with peachbloom glaze

  • Credit Line

    Widener Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 3.8 x 7.2 cm (1 1/2 x 2 13/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1942.9.523

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; sold 1913 to Peter A. B. Widener, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania; inheritance from the Estate of Peter A. B. Widener by gift through power of appointment of Joseph E. Widener, Elkins Park.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1942

  • Works of Art from the Widener Collection. Foreword by David Finley and John Walker. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1942: 21.

1998

  • Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 58-60, color repro.

Inscriptions

in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in three vertical columns of two characters each: Da Qing Kangzi nian zhi (made in the Kangzi reign of the great Qing dynasty)

Wikidata ID

Q62758366

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