Ask med lock, lackerad i rött. Kina, tidigt 1900-tal.

Persikoformad, djup relief med en figurescen i flodlandskap. Längd 14 cm.

Slitage.

Proveniens

From the Collection of a Swedish gentleman who was employed at the Gadelius Company and stationed in Japan in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection was built during these years, some items were purchased in Japan, but also on their business trips to Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Utställningar

Compare another peach shaped box in the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum, New York, Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881. Accession Number: 81.1.612a, b.

Övrig information

The peach is among the most important auspicious symbols in Chinese culture and wares made in the form of a peach, clearly recognizable for its asymmetrical heart-shape, were much favoured by the emperors as well as commoners.

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