Tools
Chinese powder box
- Title
- Chinese powder box.
- Format
- Realia
- Published
- 1930's.
- Description
- 2 pieces; porcelain with yellow glaze on exterior; 3 1/4" diam. x 1" high.
- Summary
- Porcelain with yellow glaze on exterior. An oval on the lid contains a scene of a cock and hen copulating. On the reverse of the lid is a couple involved in sex play. They are surrounded by butterflies, symbol of love. The implication is that they are married like chickens.
- Kinsey subjects
- Art--China--20th century. Covert in art. Porcelain. Ceramic vessels.