Seal Box

Unidentified Ming Dynasty maker, Chinese, 1368 - 1644

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Ming Dynasty, Wan-li Period, 1573-1620

Porcelain with underglaze blue

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Evelyn A. and William B. Jaffe Fund

C.963.76A-B

Geography

Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Personal Gear: Box

Research Area

Asia

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, on base: reign mark of Wan-li

Course History

AMES 11, HIST 9, Introduction to Korean Culture, Sunglim Kim, Fall 2013

ARTH 68, AMES 21.7, Modern and Contemporary Korean Art, Sunglim Kim, Fall 2013

Exhibition History

Chinese Art from the College Collection, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 30-September 4, 1978.

Gene Y. Kim, Class of 1985, Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 21, 1998-August 20, 1999.

The Age of the Marvelous, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 21- November 24, 1991; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, January 25- March 22, 1992; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, May 24- August 25, 1992; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, October 6, 1992- January 3, 1993, naturalia no. n158.

The Nature of the Empire, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-August 19, 1984, in conjunction with Alumni College 1984.

Provenance

Frank Caro (1904-1980) Chinese Art, New York, New York; sold to present collection, 1963.

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