Circular Covered Box with Decoration of a Blossoming Chrysanthemum Plant

Chinese

Cizhou ware: light gray stoneware with clear glaze over decoration painted in light and dark brown slips on a white slip ground; with maker's mark reading 'Wang Jia Zao' (Made [by the] Wang Family) brushed in underglaze dark brown slip on the underside.

Jin dynasty, 1115-1234