Art Funded
Toilet box
© British Museum
Chinese
British Museum
circa 200 BC
Toilet box decorated with animals moving among clouds in the Taoist heaven in vermilion paint and other animals in silver inlay. A mirror inside. Found in a tomb at Haichow, province of Kiangsu. Early Han period.
- Medium: lacquered ceramic
- Dimensions: 14 cm
- Art Fund Grant: £880 ( Total: £880)
- ArtFunded in: 1940
- Vendor: Sotheby's
Provenance
Found in a tomb at Haichow, province of Kiangsu; Eumorfopoulos collection.
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