An amber-glazed marbled box and cover, Tang dynasty | 唐 琥珀釉絞胎蓋盒

American Private Collection.

Chase Gilmore Galleries, Chicago, September 1976.

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美國私人收藏

Chase Gilmore Galleries，芝加哥，1976年9月

Chinese Ceramics Tang to Song, Marchant, London, 2022, cat. no. 12.

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《中國陶瓷：由唐至宋》，馬錢特，倫敦，2022年，編號12

The present box and cover is charmingly glazed in a rich amber color of marbled effect. Perhaps intentionally designed, there is an abstract flowerhead in the center of the top and bottom, pointing to the potter's skillful manipulation of the technique. For a similarly decorated box and cover, see one illustrated in Regina Krahl, Chinese Ceramics from the Meiyintang Collection, vol. 3 (I), London, 2006, pl. 1243, where the author notes how the box follows the shape of its silver prototype with its slightly domed top and bottom as well as how it is set off from the straight sides by a groove. See also a similarly glazed cup and tripod saucer as well as a bowl, in the Palace Museum, Beijing (accession nos 新00059687 and 新00082701); and a pillow included in Chinese Ceramics, Han to Song, Marchant, London, 2018, cat. no. 7.