J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Early Chinese Ceramics: An American Private Collection
March 28 - April 16, 2005
48.
A PLAIN YAOZHOU CELADON COVERED BOX
Northern Song Dynasty (A.D. 960–1127)
of barrel form, the shallow domed cover neatly fitted over the stepped-in wide mouth of the base, the narrow sides of the cover aligned flush with the sides of the base to create an elegant continuous form, lightly engraved with a single line border around the outer edge of the cover, otherwise entirely plain and covered with a cloudy translucent olive-green glaze of even tone throughout, the thick sides of the indented ring foot and the recessed base also glazed, the edge of the foot, the mouth rim and the interior of the cover left unglazed showing the fine gray stoneware body burnt pale orangey-tan in some areas during the firing.
Height 3 1⁄2 inches (8.9 cm)
Song ceramic boxes of this shape are rarely seen, but the form is also known in Song lacquer. A Dingyao box of closely related form, inscribed with three characters Shang Yao Ju indicating it as a medicine container, is in the Zhejiang Provincial Museum, noted in Song Liao Jin Ji Nian Ciqi (Dated Ceramics of the Song, Liao and Jin Periods), Beijing, 2004, pp. 162–163, together with an illustration of a white porcelain box of similar form but with no inscription, in the Anhui Provincial Museum, p. 163, no. 13–5.
北宋 耀州青瓷蓋盒 高 8.9 厘米
