Lot Essay
A circular covered box of this distinctive compressed form, also decorated with a floral spray painted in dark slip, is illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Quanji, 28, (Shanxi taoci), Shanghai, 1984, no. 37.
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SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
Details
A Cizhou Painted Circular Box and Cover
Song/Jin dynasty, 11th-12th century
The shallow domed cover fluidly painted in brown over a white slip with a peony spray, all under a clear glaze, the shallow box similarly covered in a white slip and clear glaze and raised on a very low ring foot surrounding the unglazed base
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diam.
Falk Collection no. 290.
Song/Jin dynasty, 11th-12th century
The shallow domed cover fluidly painted in brown over a white slip with a peony spray, all under a clear glaze, the shallow box similarly covered in a white slip and clear glaze and raised on a very low ring foot surrounding the unglazed base
4 5/8in. (11.7cm.) diam.
Falk Collection no. 290.
Provenance
J.J. Lally & Co., New York, October 1987.