Lot 209. An inscribed rectangular four-footed huanghuali box and cover, Signed Wang Duo, dated yiyou year, correspond to AD1645; 14cm wide. Estimate HK$ 40,000 - 60,000. Sold for HK$ 52,500 (€ 6,188). Photo: Bonhams.

The cover inscribed with a series of kaishu inscription, opening to reveal a hollow interior. 

Note: The inscription literately translates as 'carved inscription in the style of a ding vessel. The neutral spirit is achieved in tranquility. The second month of the yiyou year, the Grand Secretariat of the Wenyuan Chamber, Wang Duo, humbly present to the second brother, Yong.

Bonhams. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, Hong Kong, Admiralty, 26 May 2014