Cylindrical box with boys at play
Place of OriginChina
Date1700 - 1800
DynastyQing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
MaterialsCarved red lacquer
DimensionsOverall: H. 2 15/16 in × W. 6 3/16 in × D. 6 3/16 in (7.5 cm × 15.7 cm × 15.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60M406.a-.b
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
On View
Not on viewThis motif implies a wish that the family receiving the box would be blessed with many sons. Created by the imperial workshop in Beijing, this box may have been made for the Qianlong emperor, who fathered more than thirty sons and daughters.
Subject
- boy
1500-1600
1522 - 1566
1736 - 1795
1300 - 1400
1736 - 1795
approx. 1500-1600
1550 - 1600
1500 - 1600
1400 - 1450