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A FINE AND RARE LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Finely painted in cobalt of intense purplish-blue tones, on the domed cover with an ascending and a descending dragon confronted on a 'flaming pearl' amidst flames and cloud-scrolls, the rounded sides of both box and cover with the Eight Buddhist Emblems intertwined on a curly lotus scroll, the rims with a narrow zig-zag band with trefoil scrolls
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) diam., box
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Finely painted in cobalt of intense purplish-blue tones, on the domed cover with an ascending and a descending dragon confronted on a 'flaming pearl' amidst flames and cloud-scrolls, the rounded sides of both box and cover with the Eight Buddhist Emblems intertwined on a curly lotus scroll, the rims with a narrow zig-zag band with trefoil scrolls
7 1/4 in. (18.5 cm.) diam., box
Provenance
A Japanese private collection
Sale room notice
- Please note that there is some restoration to this lot.