BLUE AND WHITE FOLIATE-FORM CIRCULAR COVERED BOX, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
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£200 - £400
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Hammer price:
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£1,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
BLUE AND WHITE FOLIATE-FORM CIRCULAR COVERED BOX, MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY, the cover moulded and painted to suggest a flower head, 14cm diam Note: this box was almost certainly made to contain betel nuts; for similar example see - Jorg, Christian, Chinese Ceramics in the Collection of the Rijksmuseum, 1997, p.34, no.7.
