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11 août 2017

A wucai hexagonal'dragon' box, Wanli six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619)

A wucai hexagonal'dragon' box, Wanli six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619)

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Lot 821. A wucai hexagonal'dragon' box, Wanli six-character mark within a double circle and of the period (1573-1619), 5 7/8 in. (15 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 20,000 - USD 30,000Price realised USD 87,500 © Christie's Images Ltd 2014

Each side of the box is painted in vibrant green, yellow and iron-red enamels with a writhing five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, surrounded by leafy flower stems, Japanese double box, Japanese lacquer cover.

ProvenanceIn Japan since the Edo period (1603-1868).
Private collection, Japan, 1970s.
Mayuyama Ryusendo (by repute). 

NoteWucai hexagonal jars of this type appear to be quite rare. A similar jar, also with Wanli mark, is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, and illustrated in Enamelled Ware of the Ming Dynasty, Book III, Hong Kong, 1989, pls. 6-6c. Other similarly decorated hexagonal jars, with lobed sides rather than flat facets, bearing a Wanli mark, are in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 38 - Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, Hong Kong, 1999, p. 35, no. 32; and in the Art Institute of Chicago, illustrated in Ming-Ch'ing, Chicago, 1964.

Christie’s. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 18 – 19 September 2014, New York, Rockefeller Plaza

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