RARE BOITE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE WUCAI
RARE BOITE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE WUCAI

CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)

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RARE BOITE COUVERTE EN PORCELAINE WUCAI
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)
De forme circulaire, le couvercle est orné d'oiseaux perchés sur un saule. Des papillons volent au-dessus d'arbustes fleuris. Les côtés sont décorés de branchages de litchis, pêches, vigne et fleurs. Les bordures sont rehaussées de frises de motifs géométriques. La base porte une marque à six caractères de l'Empereur Wanli en bleu sous couverte.
Diamètre: 24,5 cm. (9 5/8 in.)
Provenance
Private collection, France, since the early 20th century
Further details
A RARE WUCAI CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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Lot Essay

This is a rare box, since the majority of wucai circular boxes have pierced lids. The present sensitive design with a pair of birds and butterflies in the peaceful ambiance of a garden is also quite rare and unusual. More commonly, such boxes are decorated with figural designs such as scholars or Daoist fairies in a landscape.
See a Wanli wucai box of this design, in the Manchester City Art Galleries, illustrated in C.M. Kauffmann, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain in the Manchester City Art Galleries, in Oriental Art, New Series, vol.V, no.3, Autumn 1959, pp.120-22, pl.3.
The decorative designs on wucai and blue and white porcelains of similar form were often closely related. An example of this is the blue and white box in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by Wang Qingzheng, Underglaze blue and red, Hong Kong, Woods, 1987, no. 162.

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