Pill box

Description

Cylindrical pill box, with upper outer cylinder of lapis lazuli decorated with fungus branches and an imperial poem incised and filled with gold, and lower inner cylinder of brass, connected with plaited silk suspension cord: China, Qing Dynasty, 19th century

Museum reference

A.1978.605

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Pill box

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu)

Materials

Lapis lazuli, Gold, Brass, Silk

Physical description

Deep blue lapis lazuli; fungus branches and poem incised on sides and filled in with gold

Associations

OWNER: Minett, Francis Robert Duncan, Lieutenant-Colonel (R.A.M.C.), 1923 - 1965