A VERY RARE YAOZHOU CELADON 'PEONY' BOX AND COVER WITH 'FLORET' APPLIQUES NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY with a drum-form body rising from a flat base centred with a countersunk circular section, the exterior decorated around the foot with nine small 'floret' appliqués below a thin raised fillet, the cover similarly applied around the sides with nine small florets, the slightly domed top carved with a large peony bloom borne on a curling stem and wreathed by undulating foliage, the exterior applied overall save for the base with an unctuous sea-green celadon glaze pooling in the extremities and thinning along the raised edges 13.2 cm, 5 1/8 in.
A VERY RARE YAOZHOU CELADON 'PEONY' BOX AND COVER WITH 'FLORET' APPLIQUES NORTHERN SONG – JIN DYNASTY with a drum-form body rising from a flat base centred with a countersunk circular section, the exterior decorated around the foot with nine small 'floret' appliqués below a thin raised fillet, the cover similarly applied around the sides with nine small florets, the slightly domed top carved with a large peony bloom borne on a curling stem and wreathed by undulating foliage, the exterior applied overall save for the base with an unctuous sea-green celadon glaze pooling in the extremities and thinning along the raised edges 13.2 cm, 5 1/8 in.
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