A Korean inlaid green-glazed circular box and cover 12th/13th century
A Korean inlaid green-glazed circular box and cover
12th/13th century
The cover with a central floral medallion surrounded by four roundels each containing three flower-heads and alternating with four cranes in flight, all encircled by decorative bands at the rim, the box also with a decorative band at the rim. 8.2cm (3¼in) diam. (2).
Estimate:
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$ 59,000 - 95,000
CNY 47,000 - 75,000

Footnotes

  • Provenance: Bluett, London (label)
    Blitz Oriental Art, Amsterdam (label)

    十二/十三世紀 韓國青釉花卉雲鶴紋蓋盒

    來源: 倫敦Bluett (標籤)
    阿姆斯特丹Blitz Oriental Art (標籤)

    Two related boxes and covers from the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. are illustrated in The World's Great Collections: Oriental Ceramics, vol.9, Tokyo, 1981, no.236 and 237.

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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