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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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