Note: A circular covered box of this distinctive compressed form, also decorated with a floral spray painted in dark slip, is illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Quanji, 28, (Shanxi taoci), Shanghai, 1984, no. 37. Another similarly painted circular box and cover was formerly in the Falk collection and sold at Christie’s New York, The Falk Collection I: Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 16 October 2001, lot 63.

Christie's. Masterpieces of Cizhou Ware: The Linyushanren Collection Part IV. New York, 13 September 2018