Lot 3192
3192
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUITS AND FLOWERS’ BOX AND COVER
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUITS AND FLOWERS’ BOX AND COVER
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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUITS AND FLOWERS’ BOX AND COVER

JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566

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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE ‘FRUITS AND FLOWERS’ BOX AND COVER
JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566
The centre of the domed cover is finely painted with seven various floral and fruiting sprays above a frieze of similar design repeated on the sides of the box, all within double line borders.
6 7/8 in. (17.3 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Acquired from Mayuyama Ryusendo between 1965-1975
A Japanese private collection
Exhibited
Kubosō Memorial Museum of Arts, Tokubetsu tenji: Higashi ajiya no futamono (Special Exhibition: East Asian Boxes), Izumi, 18 March – 13 May 1984, Catalogue no. 89

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Lot Essay

It is very rare to find a Jiajing-marked box with this design, as most other examples are painted with either cranes or dragons. For a slightly larger box and cover painted with cranes, compare to the example sold at Christie’s New York, 22 March 2007, lot 306, and one with dragons, sold at Christie’s New York, 17 March 2017, lot 1184.

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