CLEIJ
ORIENTAL ART
CLEIJ
ORIENTAL ART
Large Batavia ware lidded box
Description
This large lidded box has an attractive brown glaze, which it typical for the so-called
Batavia wares. Reserved on the brown ground on both the lid and the base are alternating
insets with Famille Rose flowers and a large fruit. The interior of the box is undecorated.
Lidded boxes, like this one, likely were used to store tea. Batavia ware boxes of
this size are comparatively uncommon. This box dates from the middle of the reign
of the Chinese emperor Qianlong (1736-1795), around 1750. The height of the box
including the lid is about 5.5 inches (14 cm).
Condition
Reasonable, with a 0.15-inch chip to the rim of the base from which a 2-inch hairline
extends into the porcelain, a 0.25-inch flake chip to the knob of the lid and some
wear to the enameled highlights.
Age
Qianlong, circa 1750.
Price $225
Please refer to
item no. 1KE040 when making inquiries.
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