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Source Description
This small round covered box, called yinse he in Chinese, held the vermillion seal paste on the scholar's writing desk. During the latter half of the Kangxi reign (1662-1722), sets of petite porcelains covered in peach bloom glaze were produced at the Jingdezhen Imperial kilns. These sets, meant for the writing table, included small flower vases, brush washers, and boxes for seal paste. The peach bloom glaze on the exterior of this box is a mottled pink and red, with sprays of gray-green hugging the contours of the lid. Stains from the potent vermillion pigment remain in the white glaze of the interior.
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Document identity
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7177
label
Box for Seal Paste
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
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title
Box for Seal Paste
description
This small round covered box, called yinse he in Chinese, held the vermillion seal paste on the scholar's writing desk. During the latter half of the Kangxi reign (1662-1722), sets of petite porcelains covered in peach bloom glaze were produced at the Jingdezhen Imperial kilns. These sets, meant for the writing table, included small flower vases, brush washers, and boxes for seal paste. The peach bloom glaze on the exterior of this box is a mottled pink and red, with sprays of gray-green hugging the contours of the lid. Stains from the potent vermillion pigment remain in the white glaze of the interior.
provenance
William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1710-1722
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
boxes (containers)
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
3.8
height
7.2
dimensionsRaw
H with lid: 1 1/2 × Diam: 2 13/16 in. (3.8 × 7.2 cm); Lid H: 13/16 × Diam: 2 13/16 in. (2 × 7.2 cm); Base H: 13/16 × Diam2 13/16 in. (2 × 7.1 cm)
Source extras
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Chinese
inscriptions
[Reign Mark] In blue underglaze: da qing kang xi nian zhi
dynasty
Qing Dynasty
reign
Kangxi (1662-1722)
med
porcelain with peach bloom glaze
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6238
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CHN
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170
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