Lot 285. A small Xingyao box and cover, Tang dynasty (618-907); 3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam. Estimate GBP 6,000 - GBP 8,000. Price realised GBP 15,000. © Christie's Image Ltd 2014. 

The box is formed with a short tapered foot, rising to an angular body with steep sides. The shallow domed cover is surmounted with a knop finial. The box is covered with an opaque white glaze, with some areas of greenish tinge to the cover.  

Provenance: Dr. Carl Kempe Collection, no. 343
Sotheby's, London, 4 November 2008, lot 480
Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, Sweden
With Shibui Art.

Literature: Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, Vol. 29, 1954-1955, 'The Art of the T'ang Dynasty', 1955, cat. no. 204
Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Bo Gyllensvard, Stockholm, 1964, p. 114, no. 343.

Exhibited:  Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Palazzo Ducale, Venice, 1954, cat. no. 381
The Art of the T'ang Dynasty, The Oriental Ceramic Society, London, 1955, no. 204.