The cosmetic box is modelled as three conjoined globular boxes. The cover is applied with a central lotus with three leafy stems extending over the top of each of three sections. The vessel is covered overall in a pale greenish-blue glaze.
3⁵⁄₈ in. (9.2 cm.) wide, fitted box

With Ben Janssens Oriental Art, London, 20 March 2007.

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The form and decoration of the present lot may be compared with a yue celadon cosmetic box and cover (7.6 cm wide), Guangdong Province, 10th-11th Century, at The Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, illustrated in Inaugural Exhibition Volume I Chinese Ceramics, 1993, no.49. The author also mentions that similar boxes with Qingbai glaze have been found at the Chaozhou kiln in Northern Guangdong Province.
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