A MING BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

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A MING BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
ENCIRCLED WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The raised medallion painted in vivid blue tones with an official seated on a throne flanked by attendants within a garden setting, the sides with two bands of shaped panels containing alternate flowering and fruiting branches, several with birds and butterflies, divided at the rims by twin bands of auspicious emblems reserved on a floral diaper, the foot encircled by a further classic scroll--9 3/8in. (23.7cm.) diam.

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