Lot 2824
2824
Property from the Kwong Yee Che Tong Collection
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER

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

Details
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Bluett & Sons, London
Sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2005, lot 1454
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. 250-251, no. 96

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Lot Essay

It is recorded in the Grand Gazetteer of Jiangxi Province: Volume VII that “blue and white boxes with dragon amidst clouds” 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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