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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
         2927
         A VERY RARE WUCAI ‘DRAGON AND PRUNUS’
         RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
         WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN A LINE IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
         WITHIN A DOUBLE RECTANGLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
         The cover is decorated in brilliant enamels with a red and a green
         dragon contesting a flaming pearl amidst flames and clouds,
         the interior with a prunus branch enamelled in red and green
         underneath a crescent moon. The longer sides of the box are
         similarly decorated with a pair of dragons contesting flaming
         pearls, the shorter sides with a red leaping dragon. The foot of the
         box is moulded in relief with brackets enclosing cloud scrolls, the
         base inscribed with the reign mark.
         13 in. (33 cm.) long, Japanese wood box
         HK$4,000,000-6,000,000        US$520,000-770,000

         PROVENANCE
         Mayuyama & Co. Ltd., Tokyo, acquired prior to 1976
         An Important Asian Collection acquired in Tokyo, circa 2000

         LITERATURE
         Mayuyama, Seventy Years, Vol. 1, Tokyo, 1976, p. 310, no. 922 (fig. 1)

         ᒞ⭧ᔧ   ̪ྑ㹪ᆬ὜ᕖ˘ᙴ♄㟍ᑝ⯰↥                                    fig. 1  Mayuyama, Seventy Years, vol. I, Tokyo, 1976, p. 310
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