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A QINGBAI 'PHOENIX' BOX AND COVER by Anonymous

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Last recorded sale at Sotheby's, London (10 May 2017)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
May 10, 2017
Sotheby'sLondonImportant Chinese Art199
$****** - ******
A QINGBAI 'PHOENIX' BOX AND COVER
Artwork Description
Category

other

Dimensions

9.5 cm (3.74 in)

Provenance

Collection of Carl Kempe.

Sotheby's London, 5th November 2008, lot 478 (part).

Literature

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pls 254 (cosmetic box), 556 (phoenix box), 566 (circular box). 

Chinese Ceramic Treasures. A Selection from the Ulricehamm East Asian Museum, Including the Carl Kempe Collection, Ulricehamm, 2002, pls 466 (cosmetic box and cover) and 748 (qingbai box and cover).

Description

of circular form, the domed cover moulded with a pair of phoenix in flight, covered overall with a transparent glaze pooling to a light blue in the recesses stopping short of the edge on the cover, the base unglazed; together with a Qingbai circular box and domed cover, Song dynasty, and a cosmetic box and cover with three cups and flowers in the interior, Song dynasty

Quantity: 6