A Chinese Cizhou Painted Circular Box with Cover

Probably Northern Song or Jin dynasty, 13th century, circular stoneware box decorated with dark brown glaze and creamy white slip, the cover with a central medallion of featuring a deer and lingzhi surrounded by a border with swirling cloud pattern, exterior sides are glazed in dark brown bands, raised in a short unglazed foot ring.

2 in., 5 1/2 in. diameter

For a similar box that sold at auction, see Christie's, March 22, 2024, Lot 817.


Overall good estate condition; some nicks to the rim of top and bottom of box; mineral and dirt deposits to interior with some cracking.