Title

Peach shaped covered box with unglazed pigeon in relief, Ming dynasty, China, 16th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Peach shaped covered box with cafe au lait glaze and unglazed pigeon in relief, Ming dynasty, China, 16th century. A covered box of flattened peach form covered with a cafe-au-lait glaze of rather glassy golden tone. The top is surmounted by an unglazed pigeon holding a spray of leaves in its beak.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1500

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_017

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (503,6Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2836 x 2218 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature leaves plant bird birds country branch LID leaf China Chinese box color colour brown ming location century covered porcelain pottery artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty pigeon artifact glazed 16th century sixteenth century Museum of East Asian Art object Unknown ceramic ceramic object