拍品专文
A very similar Wanli-marked box and cover is illustrated by R. Scott and R. Marks, et al., The Burrell Collection, London and Glasgow, 1984,p. 53, pl. 19.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF JAMES E. BREECE III
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE CUSHION-FORM BOX AND A COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE CUSHION-FORM BOX AND A COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Of square form with canted corners, the cover is painted in rich dark blue tones with two five-clawed dragons confronting a central shou character enclosed within a peach raised on a lingzhi fungus stem, all above a terrestrial diagram and within a double-line border. The sides of the cover are decorated with dragons amidst clouds and flames, and the rim with a narrow border of lingzhi scroll. The sides of the box are similarly decorated.
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) diam.
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Of square form with canted corners, the cover is painted in rich dark blue tones with two five-clawed dragons confronting a central shou character enclosed within a peach raised on a lingzhi fungus stem, all above a terrestrial diagram and within a double-line border. The sides of the cover are decorated with dragons amidst clouds and flames, and the rim with a narrow border of lingzhi scroll. The sides of the box are similarly decorated.
10½ in. (26.6 cm.) diam.