WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

A wucai box of similar form with dragon and phoenix decoration in the Tokyo National Museum is illustrated in Oriental Ceramics, The World's Great Collections, vol. I, Tokyo National Museum, 1982, no. 127. Another wucai circular dragon box and cover is illustrated by Klaus-Peter Arnold in Chinesisches Porzellan der Ming Dynastie, 14. bis 17. Jahrhundert, Dresden, 1987, no. 82, col. pl.