A VERY RARE INSCRIBED DING DRUM-SHAPED BOX AND COVER

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HKD 1 000 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
30.05.2023 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événement
Royaume-Uni, London
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Lot 3012 | A VERY RARE INSCRIBED DING DRUM-SHAPED BOX AND COVER
A VERY RARE INSCRIBED DING DRUM-SHAPED BOX AND COVER

NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

The box is realistically shaped as a drum with a horizontal band with raised bosses above the foot simulating metal studs, the cover with a flat top similarly moulded with bosses around the rim. The box and cover are covered inside and out with a clear lustrous glaze of pale ivory-white tone, the rims unglazed revealing the fine, white body. The glazed base is incised with the character ‘Yuan’ (garden).

3 5/8 in. (9.3 cm.) high, Japanese wood box





Provenance

A Japanese private collection formed in the 1940s, by repute

Acquired in Japan in 1994

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