Lot 406. A wucai ‘floral’ box, Wanli mark and period (1573-1620);  30.3cm., 12in. Estimate 4,000 - 6,000 GBP. Lot sold 5,625 GBP. Photo Sotheby's

of rectangular form raised on a stepped plinth, painted to the interior with flowering peonies and a fruiting peach tree in a garden landscape with pierced rocks, all surrounded by peony scrolls and leafy peach sprays, the exterior painted with shaped floral cartouches reserved on diaper grounds, encircled at the foot with ruyiscrolls, the base with a horizontal six-character reign mark within a rectangle surrounded by ruyi heads.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, London, 06 Nov 2013