Box in the shape of a melon

Medium

Porcelain with greenish white glaze (Jingdezhen Qingbai ware)

Dimensions

H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm); Diam. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)

Classification

Ceramics

Culture & Period

China · Song dynasty (960–1279)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Fletcher Fund, 1927

Accession Number

27.119.20a, b