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It is very rare to find this popular ‘children at play’ theme rendered ວᏈஎྏⶃᝃᛞឆ㖅ἃ᱁リ⎏⡠᧙卿ֿ⥾ᙻᙹ⏁ӳ࣐ࢦߎ⧎㇦ǯ⏖߿ַ
in the wucai palette, only one other example of this form and pattern ۣ⒖औംӬ։⏟ऱ଍ᆨ⎏㘆ַ׾卿ݯ㖊ᙻǶӽ⊤㪃┵ݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄ ݺ卿
appears to be published, which is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, ែ՗卿 ჺ卿எ ǯऔजᬘ㖅Ⴃ㿰म⧻ࢷ⁒㱦Ꮢ⻦Ӭ։ݪ≓Ɽऑ
vol. 11, Tokyo, 1955, fig. 169. For a similar Wanli wucai box and cover
depicting this theme but of hexa-lobed form, see the example in the ᅴວᏈஎ⸌⏁卿ݱ⻦⤔⽚厍( ǯݯձՆᆭ՞⁒எ⸌⏁ࡺᑐ߅ݏ⧻ワ
Musée Guimet, Paris, museum accession number G4984. For other 㱦⻦ࢦ≓ⱤऑӬ։卿㇦Ƕӽ⊤㪃┵ݥ㫀Ƿ卿✄ ݺ卿ែ՗卿 卿㮰
Wanli wucai boxes with figural scenes, compare one of foliate-form in 卿எ‸ 厎⅌Ⳍల⯠⻦஋⏁Ӭ։卿 ჺ ᝲ ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰ⼖༛ᬘ
the Baltimore Museum of Art, accession number: BMA 1939-2532-b; ᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚卿→ἃヹ䁗Ԗ՞Ⅷ⻦卿㇦ӳᱡצ೥ᇑ ჺǶӶ኶Ƿ
one of ten-lobed form in the Idemitsu Museum, illustrated in Sekai
Toji Zenshu, vol. 14, Tokyo, 1976, p. 274, no. 263; and a circular box and ཿ㈇எ㢙எ‸ ⽚ǯ
cover painted with dancing figures from the Meiyintang Collection, sold ⶃᝃວᏈஎ⸌⏁അ㇦㬪Ɽ৅♎卿ൈӬ։ݨᙹᅴ⸌⏁卿ᙻ ჺ ᝲ
at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7 April 2011, lot 70, now in the collection of
Studio of Measure, was exhibited in No Doubts, Christie’s Shanghai, ᚚᙻ㲞ᳰצ೥ᇑᐽ㐈卿ᐽ৅ ⽚厎ഌヵᇪఫ㞖ᝯ⻦Ӭ։卿㖊ᙻཿ㈇எ
2014, see catalogue, no. 30. 㢙Ƕ$FSBNJD &WPMVUJPO JO UIF .JEEMF .JOH 1FSJPEǷ卿ٳᘹ卿 ჺ卿
எ‸ ǯ
The theme is more familiar in underglaze-blue, such as the octagonal
box and cover, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 29 April 2002, lot 611;
and a dish with children seated around tables in the Percival David
Foundation, included in the exhibition Ceramic Evolution in the Middle
Ming Period, 1994, and illustrated in the Catalogue, p. 31, no. 55.

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