A QINGBAI 'PHOENIX' BOX AND COVER SONG DYNASTY

of circular form, the domed cover moulded with a pair of phoenix in flight, covered overall with a transparent glaze pooling to a light blue in the recesses stopping short of the edge on the cover, the base unglazed; together with a Qingbai circular box and domed cover, Song dynasty, and a cosmetic box and cover with three cups and flowers in the interior, Song dynasty

Collection of Carl Kempe. 
Sotheby's London, 5th November 2008, lot 478 (part).

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 254 (cosmetic box), 556 (phoenix box), 566 (circular box). 
Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamm East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamm, 2002, pls 466 (cosmetic box and cover) and 748 (qingbai box and cover). 

Phoenix Box: Small chips to the rims of the cover and box. Circular Box: Short hairline crack to the rim of the cover, and small chips to the rims of the cover and box. Cosmetic Box: There is a chip to the edge of the cover, and a chip below the rim on the exterior of the box.
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