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2609. One Small, Octagonal Box with Cover. Sung, Chinese - or Korai, Korean.

S.I.
1745

Hard, white, resonant, semi-translucent paste: molded finely into a low, octagonal form with beveled corners, flat cover and flat foot. Brilliant, translucent laze of the white class, showing greenish-blue tints over all of the exterior of the cover and in areas where the glaze ran more thickly. On the lower half of the box, the glaze covers the eight exterior vertical sides and flows over areas of the beveled planes below. Exterior of box, excepting inner sides of cover glazed three-quarters of the circumference around inner lip and the edges of both pieces. Unglazed arounder underopartxof [[around under part of]] box disclose a thin, white slip -- brownish areas of discoloration appear on foot. An extremely low relief decoration in the paste is seen on top of cover. It depicts a delicate floral spray. Height, 1 3/4"; diameter, 2 9/16".

Purchased from Yamanaka & Co., New York, Voucher 11 November 1918,
100.00

Compare this specimen S. I. 1745, with
S. I. 1722 - Korean pottery box
S. I. 1633 - Chinese or Korean pottery box
S. I. 1635 - Chinese or Korean pottery box.

IN FULL OF THE ABOVE ACCOUNT.
Nov 15th 1918

Yamanaka & Co
A.A. Poole