H x Diam (assembled): 4.4 x 4.4 cm (1 3/4 x 1 3/4 in)
Style:
Zhangzhou ware
Type:
Container
Origin:
possibly Tiankeng kiln group, Zhangzhou, Fujian province, China
Date:
late 16th century
Period:
Ming dynasty
Description:
Covered box. Mold-formed.
Clay: coarse porcelain.
Glaze: lead-silcate glaze, tinted green with copper, applied on the biscuit. Knob unglazed.
Decoration: mold-formed.
Mark: none.
Label:
Specific kilns in the Zhangzhou complex in southern Fujian province produced boxes of this sort, molded of porcelain clay and glazed on the biscuit with lead-silicate enamel glazes in shades of green, yellow, and purple. Caches of such brightly-glazed containers have been unearthed on the island of Sulawesi, although they are rarely found elsewhere in Indonesia.
Provenance:
From 1965-69 to 2005
Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman (1914-2005), acquired in Jakarta, Indonesia between 1965 and 1969. [1]
From 2005 to 2010
Janine Lydman, Washington, DC and Berryville, Virginia, ownership transferred to Mrs. Lydman after the death of her husband, Ambassador Jack Wilson Lydman. [2]
From 2010
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Washington, DC and Janine Lydman, Berryville, Virginia. [3]
Notes:
[1] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.
[2] See note 1.
[3] See note 1. See Deed of Gift, object file, Collections Management Office.
