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A RARE LATE MING UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DOUBLE-DRAGON' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

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A RARE LATE MING UNDERGLAZE-BLUE 'DOUBLE-DRAGON' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

The domed cover painted with a pair of confronted five-clawed dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' amidst flame and cloud-scrolls, the rounded sides of both box and cover with the Eight Buddhist Emblems embedded in a lotus scroll band, the rims with a narrow zig-zag band with trefoil scrolls
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

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