319. A white-glazed trefoil-form box and cover, Liao dynasty | 遼 白釉花式蓋盒
Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
A white-glazed trefoil-form box and cover, Liao dynasty | 遼 白釉花式蓋盒
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September 21, 06:54 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
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A white-glazed trefoil-form box and cover
Liao dynasty
遼 白釉花式蓋盒
(2)
Length 3⅞ in., 9.8 cm
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Covered in a delicate white glaze, the present lot is closely related to a molded example in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath (accession no. BATEA:38). Compare also two related examples, one in the Sir Alan Barlow Collection, housed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (accession no. LI1301.314), and another exhibited in The Hans Popper Collection of Oriental Art, Center of Asian Art and Culture, San Francisco, 1973, cat. no. 96.