Lot Essay
A similar porcelain box and cover is illustrated in Blue and white Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Beijing, pl. 180, p. 193; another is illustrated by Jan Fontein in The World’s Great Collections Oriental Ceramics, vol. 10, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, monochrome, pl. 236.
Deer, lu, bird, que, monkey, hou and bees, feng, form the rebus, juelu feng hou ‘May you receive high rank and emolument’.
Deer, lu, bird, que, monkey, hou and bees, feng, form the rebus, juelu feng hou ‘May you receive high rank and emolument’.