A VERY RARE YAOZHOU CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER, NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)

A VERY RARE YAOZHOU CYLINDRICAL BOX AND COVER
NORTHERN SONG DYNASTY (960-1127)
The box is potted with tall, straight sides rising from an angled foot and a flat base, and the cover has straight sides below a flat top and canted shoulder. The box and cover are covered inside and out with a greyish olive-green glaze, leaving the rims and base unglazed.
3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Literature
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 2012, p. 23, no. 3.

Exhibited
Christie's, The Classic Age of Chinese Ceramics: An Exhibition of Song Treasures from the Linyushanren Collection, Hong Kong, 22 to 27 November 2012; New York, 15 to 20 March 2013; London, 10 to 14 May 2013.