WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The domed cover painted with a central medallion of ducks swimming in a lotus pond below two birds in flight while an egret stands on the shore beside stalks of millet, the sides of the cover and box encircled by a band of lotus meander incorporating five babao, the interior of the box divided into five fan-shaped compartments surrounding a circular compartment, with blue line borders at the rims of the dividing walls
6 in. (15.2 cm.) diam., wood stand

Provenance

P. C. Lu & Sons, Hong Kong, 1979.

Lot Essay

A similar box is illustrated by A. du Boulay, Christie's Pictorial History of Chinese Ceramics, New Jersey, 1984, p. 136, no. 2. Compare another Wanli box and cover with similar decoration sold at Sotheby Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, 8-9 November 1982, lot 106.

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