A YUE 'PEONY' BOX AND COVER NORTHERN SONG | 北宋 越窰青釉牡丹紋蓋盒

A YUE 'PEONY' BOX AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG

北宋 越窰青釉牡丹紋蓋盒

the domed cover freely carved with a large leafy peony surrounded by three concentric raised borders and a band of leafy scroll, the box with short flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot, covered overall in an olive-green glaze

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Diameter 13.6 cm, 5⅜ in.