A CHINESE QINGBAI COSMETICS BOX AND COVER SONG DYNASTY 960-1279 Coated with pale blue glaze

A CHINESE QINGBAI COSMETICS BOX AND COVER

SONG DYNASTY 960-1279

Coated with pale blue glaze, supported on a circular foot, the interior with three small bowls, two palmettes and two lotus seed pods, together with a pale celadon glazed box with a fylfot to the cover and five other white glazed vessels, 11.8cm max. (9)

Provenance: from the collection of Francis Golding (1944-2013).

Cf. The Multiplicity of Simplicity, p.84, no.19 for a comparable box and cover with three internal vessels.