A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED CIRCULAR COSMETIC BOX AND COVER

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A LONGQUAN CELADON-GLAZED CIRCULAR COSMETIC BOX AND COVER
southern song dynasty

The compressed domed cover carved with a central lotus-head within foliage, the interior of the box applied with three cups joined by leafy stems, all under with a pale bluish-green glaze
4½in. (11.5cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Cf. the similar box and cover in the Eumorfopoulos Collection illustrated by R. L. Hobson, Catalogue, vol.II, no.B 133, pl.XXXIV and by J. Ayers, Far Eastern Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, no.128; for a slightly larger cosmetic box and cover under a qingbai glaze, see Song Ceramics from the Kwan Collection, Catalogue, no.98, p.232

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