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A RARE MING WUCAI SQUARE BOX
A RARE MING WUCAI SQUARE BOX

WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A RARE MING WUCAI SQUARE BOX
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The box with a recessed mouth rim is decorated on each vertical side a rectangular panel containing alternating red and green five-clawed dragon flanking a 'flaming pearl', amid flames and ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls, and above a mountain and sea wave border. The box is supported on a recessed foot with the base bearing the mark.
5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm.) square, Japanese wood box, lacquer cover

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Angela Kung
Angela Kung

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Boxes of this pattern and shape are rare. A wucai box and cover of the same pattern from the Yokogawa Collection is included in the Illustrated Catalogue of the Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, no. 324. A very similar example fitted with the original cover was sold at Christie's Paris, 10 June 2009, lot 125.

Compare to a similar square box decorated with boys at play from the Manno Art Museum sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 October 2002, lot 553; and another square box decorated with pairs of dragons, but of slightly different form, sold at Hong Kong Christie's, 30 May 2005, lot 1458.