Seal Color Box

A squat, rounded porcelain box with a lid fitted over a base, covered in a mottled red glaze that pales to creamy white near the seam. The soft, even form sits centered against a dark-to-grey backdrop, its gentle highlights showing the glaze's sheen. The record identifies it as a Kangxi-period seal paste box from Jingdezhen.

Look closer: A thin gilded or dark line marks the seam between lid and base.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1662–1722

Medium

porcelain with "peach bloom" glaze

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

3400 × 2360 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance