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18TH CENTURY
Details
AN UNUSUAL GUAN-STYLE SQUARE BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY
The box with flared sides and the cover slightly domed, covered inside and out with an opaque glaze of pale grey-blue tone with some golden crackle that also covers the base except for the four shallow corner bracket supports covered in a dark brown dressing, as are the rim of the box and inner rim of the cover
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) square
18TH CENTURY
The box with flared sides and the cover slightly domed, covered inside and out with an opaque glaze of pale grey-blue tone with some golden crackle that also covers the base except for the four shallow corner bracket supports covered in a dark brown dressing, as are the rim of the box and inner rim of the cover
4 3/8 in. (11.1 cm.) square
Provenance
Edward T. Chow.
M.C. Wang Collection, China, formed through the 1940's, and thence by descent to the present owners.
M.C. Wang Collection, China, formed through the 1940's, and thence by descent to the present owners.
Literature
H.D. Ling and E.T. Chow, Collection of Chinese Ceramics from the Hall of Leisurely Pastime, vol. II, Hong Kong, privately printed, 1950, no. 124.