A YUE 'PARROT' BOX AND COVER NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY | 北宋 越窰青釉花鳥紋蓋盒

A YUE 'PARROT' BOX AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

北宋 越窰青釉花鳥紋蓋盒

the centre of the slightly domed cover moulded with a parrot with its wings outspread amidst floral bloom and foliage within three raised circles and surrounded by a band of foliage, the box with short flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot, covered overall in a olive-green glaze

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Diameter 13.7 cm, 5⅜ in.