A 'QINGBAI' 'PEONY' BOX AND COVER SONG DYNASTY

of circular form, the gently rounded sides of the box moulded with vertical sections of bamboo, the similarly moulded cover with a large peony spray to the domed top, covered overall with an ice-blue glaze, 8cm., 3 1/4 in; together with a hexagonal box and cover; and a white-glazed circular box and cover

Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1956 (according to label).

Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, cat. no. 204 (according to label).

 

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 563, 556 and 343.

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamn, 2002, pl. 750 (peony box).

left on catalogue image: In good overall condition with one 7 mm chip to the box rim and a 3 mm chip to the cover rim. center on catalogue image: In good overall condition with minor chips to the box, including a 6 mm chip on the foot rim. right on catalogue image: The cover has minor glaze pull and pinholes scattered. In otherwise good condition. The box has some iron spots on the interior and exterior, with tiny firing flaws and negligible pinpricks. All of the boxes and covers are slightly more blue than the catalogue image suggests.
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