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2 A VERY RARE YAOZHOU CELADON ‘PEONY’ BOX AND
COVER WITH ‘FLORET’ APPLIQUES
NORTHERN SONG — JIN DYNASTY
北 with a drum-form body rising from a flat base centred with a countersunk circular
宋 section, the exterior decorated around the foot with nine small ‘floret’ appliqués
至 below a thin raised fillet, the cover similarly applied around the sides with nine
金 small florets, the slightly domed top carved with a large peony bloom borne on a
curling stem and wreathed by undulating foliage, the exterior applied overall save
for the base with an unctuous sea-green celadon glaze pooling in the extremities
耀 and thinning along the raised edges
州
青 13.2 cm, 5⅛ in.
釉
牡
丹
紋
蓋
罐
PROVENANCE 來源：
Collection of the Chang Foundation, Taipei. 鴻禧美術館收藏，台北
LITERATURE 出版：
James Spencer (comp.), Selected Chinese Ceramics from Han to Qing 史彬士（編纂），《中國歷代陶瓷選集》，鴻禧美術館，台北，1990年，
Dynasties, Chang Foundation, Taipei, 1990, cat. no. 37. 編號37
HK$ 1,800,000-2,500,000
US$ 231,000-321,000
30 | SOTHEBY’S 蘇富比
