Covered Box for Seal Paste

Kangxi period, 1662/1722

Chinese Qing Dynasty

Attributed to

The sculpture is a ceramic piece; a small round container with a lid that has a flat top. It exhibits a mottled pattern of colors featuring green, brown, and blush pink across its surface. The bottom of the lid is the darkest brown, resting on the bottom of the container, which is a light green. The container has a smooth texture and glazed finish.

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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

    1942.9.510

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

J. Pierpont Morgan [1837-1913], New York. (Duveen Brothers, New York); sold 1915 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

Exhibition History

1910

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, c. 1910-1911.

Bibliography

1904

  • Morgan 1904-1911, 2:80, no. 1324, pl. 123 (bottom left).

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

Q62758317

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