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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘PRECIOUS OBJECTS’ BOX 明萬曆 青花纏枝蓮托雜寶紋蓋盒
AND COVER, MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI 《大明萬曆年製》款
the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue within
a double circle (2)
Diameter 6 in., 15.2 cm 來源：
紐約蘇富比2014年3月18至19日，編號237
PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s New York, 18th-19th March 2014, lot 237.
⊖ $ 40,000-60,000

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A BLUE AND WHITE ‘FIGURAL’ DISH, MING 明萬曆 青花獻瑞圖盤
DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD
《大明年製》 款
the base with a four-character mark reading Da Ming nian
zhi in underglaze blue within a double circle, Japanese wood 來源：
box (3)
Diameter 8 in., 20.3 cm 日本私人收藏

PROVENANCE
Japanese Private Collection.
The present dish is rare on account of its four-character
mark that translates to ‘Made in the Ming dynasty,’ which are
usually seen on porcelains from the Zhengde to Chongzhen
period. Compare another dish of this type, bearing the same
mark, sold in our London rooms, 6th/7th June 1967, lot 144.
A similar dish with a Wanli mark included in Ming Blue and
White Porcelain. The Drs. A.M. Sengers Collection, Marchant,
London, 2001, cat. no. 16.
⊖ $ 4,000-6,000
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