Lot 55. A Blue and White 'Lotus' Pen Box and Cover, Ming Dynasty, circa 150022.7cm., 9in. Estimate 3,000 - 5,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,000 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

of oval section, the cover and the sides painted with meandering lotus scrolls, framed by chevron and classic scroll bands, the interior divided into two shaped compartments. 

Provenance: The Riesco Collection.
Sotheby's London, 11th December 1984, lot 333A.
Bluett & Sons, London.

Exhibited: From the Tang to the Qing: Chinese Ceramics from circa 618-1850 A.D. from the Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Peter Thompson, Hull University, Hull, 1996, cat. no. 54.

Sotheby's. Chinese Ceramics from the Collection of Peter and Nancy Thompson, London, 07 november 2012