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Box with Figures in Landscape

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Square box with a flat top and four sides. The box has eight small, round knobs, one at each corner of the top and on each corner of the base. The top consists of a large square divided into a grid of nine smaller squares. The four central squares form a smaller square and are colored red with a white symbol. The four corner squares are blue with white geometric shapes. The sides of the box are white with colorful images of people and plants. The background of the image is gray, with a darker shade at the top and a lighter shade at the bottom.

Artwork Details

Date
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium
Porcelain painted with cobalt blue under and colored enamels over transparent glaze (Jingdezhen ware)
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
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