Page 184 - Christie's Fine Chinese Paintings March 19 2019 Auction

PROPERTY FROM THE LINYUSHANREN COLLECTION
1701
A YUE BOX AND COVER
FIVE DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 907-960)
The plain, domed cover and the box are covered overall with an even and semi-
translucent glaze of greyish-olive tone, with the exception of the six oval spur
marks on the base of the box, and the rims of the box and cover.
3¡ in. (8.7 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

$8,000-12,000

PROVENANCE
Mayuyama, Tokyo.
Sugiyama Tojudo, Tokyo.
A slightly smaller Yue box and cover (8.4 cm. diam.), described as mise,
similarly fred on spurs, uncovered from Kangling, the Mausoleum of Lady
Ma (890-939), principal wife of the second King of the Wuyue Kingdom,
is illustrated in Complete Collection of Ceramic Art Unearthed in China - 9-
Zhejiang, Beijing, 2008, p. 145.
五代 越窯青釉蓋盒
(another view with box)

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