The box is superbly painted in characteristic bright purplish-blue, alternating on the eight sides with two scenes of figures gathering in balustraded gardens, the flattened cover of corresponding octagonal shape, similarly decorated with figures in a garden, and surmounted by a finial, all covered with a clear glaze of soft bluish tone.

Provenance: Collection of the Itoya Family, Kyoto.

Literature: Collection of the Itoya Family, [Jindu Yizhiqiao Yiteng jia suocangpin ruza] ,1933, Kyoto Bijitsu Club, no. 240.

Poly Auction Hong Kong. Imperial Affection - Ming Ceramics from the Meiyintang and Distinguished Collection, Hong Kong, 7 October  2019