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Lot Essay
A pomegranate-shaped box similar to the Falk box was excavated from a Song dynasty tomb near Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, and is published in Wenwu 1988: 3, p. 88, pl. 1,6. A pomegranate box of the same shape and size as the Falk piece is illustrated by B. Gyllensvärd in Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, p. 121, no. 371. Another box of this form is illustrated by R. Krahl in Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. I, London, 1994, no. 334, where it is dated to the Northern Song dynasty.
The form of the triple-fruit box is found in 10th century Yue ware and in Song dynasty white ware from various kilns. A box very similar to the Falk example in the Meiyintang Collection is published by Krahl, op.cit., no. 331. Other white-glazed triple-fruit boxes with more elaborate flower decoration are in the British Museum and published in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 73, and in Serene Pleasure - The Jinglexuan Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Seattle Art Museum, 2001, p. 44, no. 25. One of the more elaborate boxes was also found at the Bijiashan kiln, Chaozhou, in 1972, see Ceramic Finds from Tang and Song Kilns in Guangdong, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1985, p. 115, no. 46.
The form of the triple-fruit box is found in 10th century Yue ware and in Song dynasty white ware from various kilns. A box very similar to the Falk example in the Meiyintang Collection is published by Krahl, op.cit., no. 331. Other white-glazed triple-fruit boxes with more elaborate flower decoration are in the British Museum and published in Oriental Ceramics, the World's Great Collections, vol. 5, Tokyo, 1981, no. 73, and in Serene Pleasure - The Jinglexuan Collection of Chinese Ceramics, Seattle Art Museum, 2001, p. 44, no. 25. One of the more elaborate boxes was also found at the Bijiashan kiln, Chaozhou, in 1972, see Ceramic Finds from Tang and Song Kilns in Guangdong, Fung Ping Shan Museum, Hong Kong, 1985, p. 115, no. 46.