The top surface of the cover incised with a phoenix and the whole outer surface painted in pale green and red pigments. The inner container appears to have become warped during firing and it is difficult, perhaps impossible, to remove the cover from the container, possibly this container has not been opened since having been fired some 2,000 years ago! Diameter 15.5cm, height 11cm. Han Dynasty (206 BC – AD 220).
Provenance: from the collection of the late Brian Page (1938-2018), the well-known Oriental art and antiques dealer from Brighton.