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Fig. 1 Ingot-shaped box with cloud and dragon decoration in underglaze blue, Longqing mark and of the period (1567-1572), Ming dynasty. National Palace Museum,
            Taipei, 故瓷017844N000000000.
            圖ˏ 青花雲龍紋銀錠式盒
 明隆慶
 臺٫故宮博ḵ院
 館藏編號故瓷      /






            As discussed by Rosemary Scott in the introduction to this   Grandidier Collection, G. 5787, now in the Museé Guimet, Paris,
            catalogue, while the ingot shape is more commonly found in   is illustrated by A. LeBonheur in The World’s Great Collections,
            lacquer ware, it is rare in porcelain, perhaps because of the   Oriental Ceramcis, vol. 7, Tokyo, 1981, no. 79. Other related
            difficulty in firing the complex curved shape. The shape in   examples include one in the Baur Collection, Geneva, illustrated
            porcelain appears in Longqing-period blue and white boxes,    by J. Ayers in The Baur Collection, Chinese Ceramics, Volume
            such as one in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated    II, Geneva, 1969, no. A187; one in the Asian Art Museum, San
            in Porcelain of the National Palace Museum - Blue and White    Francisco, illustrated by He Li in Chinese Ceramics, A New
            Ware of the Ming Dynasty – VI, Hong Kong, 1963, pl. 2. (Fig. 1)  Comprehensive Survey, New York, 1996, fig. 435; and one in the
                                                               Newark Museum, illustrated by V. Reynolds and Yen Fen Pei in
            Similarly decorated blue and white ingot-shaped boxes from   Chinese Art from the Newark Museum, China House Gallery,
            the Wanli period can be found in several important museum   New York, 1980, p. 48, no. 26.
            collections. A very similar example to the present box from the












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