Two Song-Yuan Boxes and Covers. Photo Uppsala Auktionskammare

Diameter: 9 cm. The larger box with rim chip on inside of box, glaze piece missingapp 3 x 3 mm. Box nr CK 566 with firingcrack app 2 mm on rim of cover and chip to foot app 2 cm. Estimate: SEK 6.000 - 8.000. Hammer price: SEK 6.000

Provenance: Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection. 

Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm 1964, page 173, ill. 566. Label: CK 566. 

Chinese Ceramic Treasures: A selection from the Ulricehamn East Asian Museum, including the Carl Kempe collection, Ulricehamn 2002, ill. 748. Label: CK 556. 

Uppsala Auktionskammare. Asian applied arts. Important sale 4 - 7 December 2012 www.uppsalaauktion.se