A RARE MING WUCAI HEXAFOIL BOX AND COVER

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1573 - 1619)

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A RARE MING WUCAI HEXAFOIL BOX AND COVER
wanli six-character mark and of the period (1573 - 1619)
Of bracket-lobed shape, the flat cover divided into radiating petal panels, painted and enamelled around the exterior with cats sitting on incense burners with other cats prowling around and climbing bamboo below a band of scrolling foliage around the rim, the cover with flower-sprays around the replaced agate bead knop, hairline crack
5.7/8 in. (15 cm.) high

Lot Essay

An identical wucai fluted box and cover in the British Museum Collection is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha series, vol.5, no.204.

For related examples of multi-lobed boxes and covers, see one with figures in landscapes in the Idemitsu Art Gallery, illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, vol.14, pl.263; and another with ascending dragons in the Percival David Foundation, illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, Kodansha series, vol.6, no.174.

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