A rare blue and white reticulated box and cover, Ming Dynasty, Wanli Period. Photo Sotheby's

of circular form, the cover reticulated with a linked-coin design surrounded by a band with four panels filled with peony sprays reserved against an intricate diaper ground encircled by a key-fret band, the box similarly decorated above a double-line border encircling the straight foot, the interior revealing the glaze of a greyish-blue tone, the base covered in a transparent glaze; 23.5 cm., 9 1/4 in. Estimate 250,000 — 350,000 HKD

Provenance: S. Marchant & Son, London, 2004.
Sotheby’s New York, 23rd March 2010, lot 4.

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