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10 août 2012

Qingbai ware. Box and lid, porcelain with a tranlucent glaze with bluish tinge, China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368)

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Qingbai ware. Box and lid, porcelain with a tranlucent glaze with bluish tinge, China, Yuan dynasty (1279-1368). Height: 4.1 cm, Diameter: 6.4 cm. C.500&A-1918. Given by Mr Aubrey Le Blond. © V&A Images.

Porcelain box and lid, moulded in the form of a chrysanthemum. Covered with a qingbai glaze, translucent with bluish tinge. Base unglazed. Both box and lid are partially glazed inside. 

High-fired ceramics from China were prized in Korea, where many have been excavated from tombs. Later Korea began to produce green-glazed and white-glazed wares of its own.

NoteAcquired by the donor in Korea.

Bibliographic ReferencesRackham, Bernard. Catalogue of the Le Blond collection of Corean pottery London: V&A. 1918, p. 25, cat. no. 15, plate 3

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