A blue and white circular box and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period
A blue and white circular box and cover, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period. Photo Sotheby's
the domed cover painted with Meng Guang respectfully offering a tray to her husband Liang Hong with an attendant holding an ewer beside in a fenced garden, inscribed with a poem reading Wuyi shuai tianxing, shuangzhi qi xiumei (His character finds expression in the Five Exclamations, she holds a pair of bowls to the level of her shaped eyebrows), the box decorated with a scholar amongst rockwork and trees, the base with an apocryphal Chenghua mark. Quantité: 2 - 19cm., 3 1/2 in. Estimation 20,000 - 30,000 GBP
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London, 23rd March 1990.
Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art. London | 06 nov. 2013 - http://www.sothebys.com
