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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF LENORA AND WALTER F. BROWN
1562
A BLUE AND WHITE CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-
1619)
The domed top is decorated with nine cranes in flight amidst
clouds, peaches, lingzhi and auspicious emblems. The sides are
decorated with shaped panels each containing two cranes and a
peach set on a diaper ground.
10√ in. (24.7 cm.) diam.

$30,000-50,000
PROVENANCE:
Christie's London, 11 July 1977, lot 108.
The Lenora and Walter F. Brown Collection, San Antonio, Texas.
A related Wanli-marked example is illustrated in The Complete
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 35 - Blue and
White Porcelain with Underglaze Red (II), Hong Kong, 2000, pl.
109. Other examples are illustrated in Chinese Ceramics in The
Idemitsu Collection, Japan, 1987, fig. 732; one from the Toguri
Collection, illustrated in Sekai toji zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, pl.
103, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 June 2004, lot 43.

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