Lot 502. A rare dated white-glazed box and cover, Song dynasty, dated 1089; 12.5cm., 4 7/8 in. Estimate 400 — 600 GBP. Lot Sold 11,250 GBP. Photo courtesy Sotheby's 2008

the circular body with straight sides rising from an angled flat base to an incurved rim, the straight-sided domed cover with four lobes, covered overall with a glossy straw-white glaze, the unglazed base incised Yuanyu si nian. Quantity: 2.

Literature: Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 403.