Lot 2975. A doucai ‘bird and flower’ rectangular box and cover, Kangxi-Yongzheng period (1662-1735); 6 in. (15.2 cm.) wide. Estimate HKD 350,000 - HKD 550,000. Price realised HKD 437,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2019.

Provenance: Collection of Montague Meyer, sold at Christie’s London, 14 April 1980, lot 286
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 30 April to 2 May 1991, lot 125
C. C. Teng & Co., Taipei, illustrated on the cover of their 1992 calendar and for the month of November.

Note: Compare the present lot with a smaller rectangular seal paste box dated to the Yongzheng period standing on four scroll feet published in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Small refined Articles of the Study, Shanghai, 2009, p. 281, pl. 285, decorated to the box base with a related foliage design, but to the cover with dragon and phoenix.