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867 - A collection of four Southeast Asian boxes and covers, 16th century, each of circular form raised on a short foot, comprising: one dark brown-glazed example, the cover with biscuit decoration of stylised foliage, a blue and white example, the cover with biscuit decoration of a dragon roundel, another large green-glazed example, the base with moulded decoration of a landscape and cranes, the cover with a circular panel of a mythical beast, and a small green-glazed example, the cover with stippled decoration and a circular panel enclosing a mythical beast (6.8 to 9.8cm diameter) (8) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Brown-glazed: chips to glaze and to inner rims, the base with crustaceans and small chips to base rim. Blue and white: bluetac residue and glaze degradation. Large greenglazed example: small chips to decoration on cover, possible infils to inner rim, base worn. Small green-glazed: small chips to cover and inner rims.
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A collection of four Southeast Asian boxes and covers, 16th century, each of circular form raised on a short foot, comprising: one dark brown-glazed example, the cover with biscuit decoration of stylised foliage, a blue and white example, the cover with biscuit decoration of a dragon roundel, another large green-glazed example, the base with moulded decoration of a landscape and cranes, the cover with a circular panel of a mythical beast, and a small green-glazed example, the cover with stippled decoration and a circular panel enclosing a mythical beast (6.8 to 9.8cm diameter) (8) Provenance: The Private Collection of Michael George Kuczynski (1941-2025), Cambridgeshire. Condition Report: Brown-glazed: chips to glaze and to inner rims, the base with crustaceans and small chips to base rim. Blue and white: bluetac residue and glaze degradation. Large greenglazed example: small chips to decoration on cover, possible infils to inner rim, base worn. Small green-glazed: small chips to cover and inner rims.
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