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

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A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
7½ in. (19 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance

Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2009, lot 1865

Exhibited

University Museum and Art Gallery: The University of Hong Kong, The Fame of Flame: Imperial Wares of the Jiajing and Wanli Periods, 14 October 2009-28 February 2010, p. 246-247, no. 94

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Lot Essay

It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “blue and white ‘dragon’ boxes” were produced in the twenty-second year of the Wanli reign (1594), which corresponds to the decoration of the present lot.

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