Square Covered Box with Hundred Antiquities (lid)

The lid of a square porcelain box with scalloped edges, painted in famille rose enamels with a still life of antiques. A ritual bronze vessel, a covered jar with a cracked-ice pattern, flowering peonies in a vase, and a blue-and-white stand fill the central panel.

Look closer: A small tall vase with a flowering branch rises behind the peonies, partly hidden by the blue-and-white stand.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1723–35

Medium

porcelain with famille rose overglaze enamel decoration

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2096 × 2119 px

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