Note: Lobed boxes and covers with dragons include a pentagonal box from the Idemitsu Museum of Arts, exhibited at the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, Imperial Overglaze-Enamelled Wares in the Late Ming Dynasty, 1995, and illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 29; and a hexagonal example in Beijing, illustrated in Porcelains in Polychrome and Contrasting Colours, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 1999, pl. 32.

Compare also a smaller lobed Wanli-marked box and cover with 'dragon and phoenix' design sold at Christie's Hong Kong, Imperial Chinese Ceramics from the Robert Chang Collection, 28 November 2006, lot 1315.