A CIZHOU PAINTED CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER, NORTHERN SONG TO JIN DYNASTY China, 960-1234. The gently domed cover fluidly painted in brown over a white slip with a floral spray, all under a clear glaze, the shallow box similarly covered in a white slip and clear glaze and raised on a very low ring foot. Provenance: Uragami Sokyu-Do, Tokyo, August 1999. A private collection in Connecticut, USA, acquired from the above, and thence by descent. Uragami Sokyu-Do is a private gallery founded 1979 in Tokyo by Mitsuru Uragami. Notable clients include the Tokyo National Museum, the Kyushu National Museum, and the Harvard University Art Museum. Condition: Overall good condition with wear, traces of use and minor firing irregularities as expected. Few tiny chips and scattered nicks, some with old touch-ups, several glaze flakes along the edges, particularly where box and cover meet (inspected under strong blue light). Overall commensurate with age. Weight: 324.5 g Dimensions: Diameter 11.5 cm Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related Cizhou painted circular box and cover from the same period at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections on 18 March 2009, lot 328, sold for USD 15,000, and another at Christie's Hong Kong in The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 4 April 2017, lot 30, sold for HKD 150,000. 北宋至金磁州窯白釉黑彩花紋蓋盒 中國，960-1234年。圓頂蓋子白地黑花，透明釉，淺盒同樣施白色的和透明釉，黑白對比，強烈鮮明，圖案十分醒目。圈足。 來源：1999年8月東京Uragami Sokyu-Do（浦上蒼穹堂）藝廊。美國康涅狄格州私人收藏，購於上述藝廊，保存至今。浦上蒼穹堂是浦上滿1979年在東京成立的私人藝廊。東京國立博物館、九州國立博物館以及哈佛大學美術館都是其知名客戶。 品相：總體狀況良好，有磨損、使用痕跡和輕微燒製缺陷。 有細微的磕損和舊時的修補，邊緣有幾片釉面開片，特別是盒子和蓋子交接處（在強藍光下檢查）。總體與年齡相稱。 重量：324.5 克 尺寸：直徑11.5 厘米 拍賣結果比較：一件來自同一時期的磁州窯白釉黑彩蓋盒，見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Art from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections，2009年3月18日，lot 328，售價USD 15,000；另一件見香港佳士得 The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art，2017年4月4 日，lot 30，售價HKD 150,000。