Cloisonné Opium Box with Design of Objects for the Scholar's Desk
Place of ManufactureAsia
MediumMaterial: brass; enamels
DimensionsOverall: 5.1 x 5 x 2.2 cm
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ART
Credit LineGift of Hy Eiley
Object number2003.012.006 a,b
DescriptionLidded oblong box rounded on 2 sides with a deep fittiing lid and decorated overall in cloisonne "hundred Antiques" pattern ie. objects from "the scholars desk: a bronze censer flanked by finger citrons on the lid, and a brush pot with pens, bronze centers in archaistic style and vases with flowers on the body of the box with flower and cloud scrolls forming the background". There is a bat design on the baseStatus
Not on view
Unknown Artist
1860 C
c.1850
