Lot 129. A rare Ming-style blue and white box and cover, Qing dynasty, 18th century, 6 3/8 in. (16.3 cm.) diam. Estimate HKD 80,000 - HKD 150,000 (USD 10,341 - USD 19,390). Price realised HKD 250,000 (USD 32,313) © Christie's Imags Ltd 2017.

The cover is decorated with a composite floral scroll centering a lotus bloom, the design repeated on the sides of the box. The base of the box is inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande four-character mark in a double circle.

Provenance: Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 29 April 1997, lot 624

Christie's. The Pavilion Sale - Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, 4 April 2017, Hong Kong