A YUE 'PHOENIX' BOX AND COVER NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY | 北宋 越窰青釉穿花鳳紋蓋盒

A YUE 'PHOENIX' BOX AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY

北宋 越窰青釉穿花鳳紋蓋盒

moulded to the shallow domed over with a phoenix with outstretched wings amidst leafy flower scrolls, bordered with a broad raised band and surrounded with a band of combed design, the box with short flaring sides rising from a short spreading foot, applied overall with a translucent olive-green glaze

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Diameter 13.2 cm, 5¼ in.