RARE BOITE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE WUCAI
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RARE BOITE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE WUCAI

CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)

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RARE BOITE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE WUCAI
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)
Les cinq lobes de la boîte sont ornés chacun de deux dragons volant autour de la perle sacrée, au-dessus des flots. Le couvercle est rehaussé de papillons volant autour de branchages de pivoines, la bordure agrémentée de motifs géométriques, la prise en forme de petit lion. La base porte une marque à six caractères de l'Empereur Wanli en bleu sous couverte ; accidents et fêles.
Hauteur: 12 cm. (4¾ in.), Largeur: 14,2 cm. (5 5/8 in.), socle en bois sculpté
Provenance
Property of the late Baroness Marie-Louise von Callenberg (1901-1982), Switzerland
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" f " : In addition to the regular Buyer’s premium, a commission of 7% (i.e. 7.49% inclusive of VAT for books, 8.372% inclusive of VAT for the other lots) of the hammer price will be charged to the buyer. It will be refunded to the Buyer upon proof of export of the lot outside the European Union within the legal time limit.(Please refer to section VAT refunds)
Further details
A RARE WUCAI LOBED BOX AND COVER
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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Lot Essay

Compare with another similar box from the Qing Court Collection and illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong 1999, p. 35, pl.32.

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