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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A RARE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE BOX AND COVER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cover is decorated with a composite floral scroll centering a lotus bloom, the design repeated on the sides of the box. The base
of the box is inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande four-character mark in a double circle.
6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.) diam.
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The cover is decorated with a composite floral scroll centering a lotus bloom, the design repeated on the sides of the box. The base
of the box is inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande four-character mark in a double circle.
6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.) diam.
Provenance
Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 624