SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY

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AN UNUSUAL LARGE CIZHOU PAINTED CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
SONG/JIN DYNASTY, 11TH-12TH CENTURY
The domed cover fluidly painted in brown over a white slip with a leafy spray, all under a clear glaze, the box similarly covered in a white slip and clear glaze and raised on a very low ring foot
6 5/8 in. (16.7 cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

Compare the Cizhou circular covered box of similar distinctive compressed form, decorated with a floral spray painted in dark slip, illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, 28, (Shanxi taoci), Shanghai, 1984, no. 37, and another example decorated with a peony spray from the Falk Collection, sold in these rooms, 20 September 2001, lot 63.

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