Lot Essay
A similar but smaller box was sold in our London Rooms, 7 December 1992, lot 21.
Cf. a blue-glazed box and cover from the Charles B. Hoyt collection, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, Vol.10, fig.62, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; and further examples illustrated in Seka Toji Zenshu, Kawadeshoba Series, vol.9, figs. 88 and 89.
(US$6,000-8,000)
Cf. a blue-glazed box and cover from the Charles B. Hoyt collection, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha Series, Vol.10, fig.62, in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; and further examples illustrated in Seka Toji Zenshu, Kawadeshoba Series, vol.9, figs. 88 and 89.
(US$6,000-8,000)