MARCHANT 100 YEARS, JIAJING TO WANLI | 馬錢特百年精萃：嘉靖至萬曆明瓷
A rare wucai 'dragon' foliate box and cover, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆 五彩龍紋菱花式蓋盒 《大明萬曆年製》款
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June 12, 04:08 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
Marchant 100 Years, Jiajing to Wanli
A rare wucai 'dragon' foliate box and cover
Mark and period of Wanli
the base of the box with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within a double circle
Diameter 15 cm, 5⅞ in.
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Marchant 100 ans, de Jiajing à Wanli
Boîte couverte en porcelaine wucai à décor de dragon, marque et époque Wanli
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馬錢特百年精萃：嘉靖至萬曆明瓷
明萬曆 五彩龍紋菱花式蓋盒 《大明萬曆年製》款
English Private Collection, discovered at a farmhouse in East Anglia.
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英國私人收藏，發掘於東盎格利亞區域農莊
Compare a similar box and cover in blue and white, from the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art preserved in the British Museum, London (accession no. PDF,B.616), illustrated in Stacey Pierson, Illustrated Catalogue of Underglaze Blue and Copper Red Decorated Porcelains in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London 2004, cat. no. B616; and another related 'figural' example in the Idemitsu Museum, Tokyo, published in Chinese Ceramics in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo, 1987, cat. no. 201.
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