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US$1200-1800
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A RARE ANNAMESE BLUE AND WHITE MELON-SHAPED BOX AND COVER
15TH CENTURY
The lobed lid of the circular container painted with panels radiating from a central floral medallion, the tapering body painted with roundels of floral scrolls, the interior fitted with a rouge tray covered with a finely crackled glaze of soft bluish tones
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) diam.
15TH CENTURY
The lobed lid of the circular container painted with panels radiating from a central floral medallion, the tapering body painted with roundels of floral scrolls, the interior fitted with a rouge tray covered with a finely crackled glaze of soft bluish tones
5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.) diam.
Exhibited
Southeast Asian and Chinese Trade Pottery Exhibition, Oriental Ceramics Society, Hong Kong, 1979, No. 92.