A Qingbai slip-decorated chrysanthemum-shaped incense box and cover, Song dynasty (960-1279). Estimate HK$30,000 – HK$50,000 ($3,890 - $6,483). Photo Christie's Image Ltd 2015

The box and cover are each moulded with two registers of chrysanthemum petals on the sides, decorated with slip on the cover with a central florette encircled by leaf motifs, covered with a transparent glaze of pale bluish-white tone extending partially to the base. 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance: A Japanese private collection, acquired in the 1970s

Christie's. THE PAVILION SALE - CHINESE CERAMICS & WORKS OF ART, 6 October 2015, 22nd Floor