Trefoil box with applique of a bushy-tailed fox, late Tang dynasty, China, 9th-early 10th century. Artist: Unknown

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Trefoil box with applique of a bushy-tailed fox, late Tang dynasty, China, 9th-early 10th century. A covered box of trefoil shape copying a Tang silver box shape. The cover is moulded as a convex lotus leaf with raised double line edges, the centre has an applique of an outstretched bushy-tailed fox covered with a white glaze and delicately potted. The foot, base and central section of the sides are unglazed.

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Size: 2817px × 2225px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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