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Lobed covered box

Lobed covered box

Chinese

Silver-form, lobed box and cover with indented sides, the box supported on a splayed foot, the domed cover with stylized floral decor raised in thread-relief and lightly embellished with splashes of green; white earthenware with lead-fluxed copper-green splashed glaze over molded decoration; with Chinese ideograph of the surname Zhao (趙) raised in thread-relief on the base. Copper-splashed sancai ware. From northern China, Henan, Hebei, or Shaanxi province.

Earthenware with green splashed lead glaze

Tang dynasty (618-907) to Five Dynasties period (907-960)

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