3210
3210
A 'XING' BOX AND COVER
FIVE DYNASTIES
Estimate
120,000 — 180,000
HKD
LOT SOLD. 150,000 HKD
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3210
A 'XING' BOX AND COVER
FIVE DYNASTIES
Estimate
120,000 — 180,000
HKD
LOT SOLD. 150,000 HKD
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Details & Cataloguing

Song Ceramics from a Distinguished Private Collector

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Hong Kong

A 'XING' BOX AND COVER
FIVE DYNASTIES
of circular form, the box fashioned with a tapered lower body resting on a countersunk base, the gently domed cover bordered with a thin lipped edge above subtly flaring sides, applied with a creamy-white glaze stopping neatly in areas to reveal the pale beige-white body
10.3 cm, 4 in.
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Provenance

Galaxie Company, Hong Kong, prior to 1990.

Catalogue Note

The form of these boxes derives from metalwork. See illustrations of boxes of similar form in silver, gold and lacquered wood illustrated by Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, 1957, no. 29, figs 9a, e and f.

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Song Ceramics from a Distinguished Private Collector

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Hong Kong