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A RARE BLUE AND WHITE INGOT- 明萬曆ǎ青花雙龍戲珠紋銀錠式蓋盒ǎՍ字楷書款
SHAPED 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER
Ϝ源
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE ❤山龍泉ਕ
東̺
IN A LINE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1620)
日本私́珍藏
٫山美術
東̺
The cover is decorated in rich cobalt-blue tones with a pair of
馬錢ṁ
і敦
dragons contesting a 'flaming pearl' in a raised panel of conforming
ingot-shape. The rounded sides of both the box and the cover
are decorated with borders of striding dragons, and the rims are
decorated with a thin band of triangular diaper.
8¬ in. (22 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
$350,000-450,000

PROVENANCE:
Mayuyama & Co., Tokyo.
Private collection, Japan.
Kitayama Fine Arts, Tokyo.
Marchant, London.

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