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A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE SQUARE CUSHION-FORM BOX
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE
AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
The box is of square form with canted corners, and the sides are decorated
with dragons amidst clouds and fames beneath a border of scrolling lingzhi.
10Ω in. wide, Japanese wood box
$6,000-8,000
A very similar Wanli-marked box, but with a cover, is illustrated by R. Scott
and R. Marks, et al., The Burrell Collection, London and Glasgow, 1984,
p. 53, pl. 19.
明萬曆 青花龍紋倭角方盒 六字楷書款
(mark) (another view)
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