Circular, Covered Cosmetic Box, the Cover with Blossoming Peony Decor, the Interior with Three Small Circular Containers in the Form of Lotus Leaves, Their Stems Held by a Small Child

Chinese

'Qingbai' ware: porcelain with pale bluish glaze over incised and carved decoration, the interior with appliqué containers, stylized sculpture, and leaf stems, the appliqué elements touched with iron-brown slip to add areas of localized color in firing. Probably from a kiln in Fujian province.

Song dynasty, Southern Song period, 1127-1279