Box with Landscape Scene | Yale University Art Gallery

17th century

Medium: Porcelain with cobalt blue under a clear glaze (possibly for Japanese market)
Dimensions: 1 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 8 13/16 in. (4.445 × 9.525 × 22.4 cm)
base (foot): 1 1/2 in. (3.81 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of John Crockett
Accession Number: 2008.222.166a-b
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Said to have been excavated at Puerta Galera, Sorsogon, Philippines. Purchased by J. Crockett from Manila dealer Botom Dominador on Nov. 30, 1968.

Bibliography

Leandro V. Locsin and Cecilia Locsin, Oriental Ceramics Discovered in the Philippines (Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle Co., 1967),

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