3. M4833
£12,500
Description
Chinese pottery sancai, three-colour glazed miniature circular box and cover, he, with gently domed cover, straight sides with a curved foot and flat base, the glaze evenly splashed falling short at the foot rim revealing the unglazed buff-coloured body.
1 5/8 inches, 4.2 cm diameter. Tang dynasty, 7th – 8th century. Japanese wood box.
Provenance & Additional Information
- From a Japanese private collection.
- Sold by Shogado, Tokyo.
- Published in a group of five in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Ceramic Art of the World, Volume 9, Sui and T’ang Dynasties, 88 (top right), p. 270.
- Published by Marchant in their exhibition of Chinese Ceramics Tang to Song, 2022, no. 3, pp.12-13.
- A similar box in the Idemitsu Museum is illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, 55.
Condition
Overall excellent condition.
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