JIAQING SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)

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AN UNUSUAL GILT AND IRON-RED-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
JIAQING SEAL MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE AND OF THE PERIOD (1796-1820)
The domed cover finely painted in gilding with two three-clawed dragons with fine gold stippling on their heads and iron-red flames rising from their haunches as they circle a rectangular cartouche enclosing the characters mao qin dian in seal script, all reserved against a ground of pencilled pale blue clouds, with similar dragons and clouds on the box
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam., stand

Provenance

Collection of Abigail Adams, (a descendant of John Quincy Adams), Boston.

Lot Essay

The inscription, mao qin dian, may be translated, 'the palace of great diligence'.

Compare the similar box from the J.M. Hu Family Collection sold at Sotheby's, New York, 4 June 1985, lot 77.

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