BoxesChinese9th century

Small, Circular, Covered Box, the Domed Cover with Decoration of a Butterfly

probably 9th century

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Off-white stoneware with pale celadon glaze over decoration applied in white slip, the decoration embellished with incising and with touches of iron-brown slip in localized areas. Possibly from the Yaozhou kilns, near Tongchuan, Shaanxi province.

Culture

Chinese

Period

Tang dynasty, 618-907

Century

9th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

including cover: H. 3.4 x Diam. 5 cm (1 5/16 x 1 15/16 in.)

Provenance

Blitz Antiek en Kunsthandel / Blitz Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, The Netherlands

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