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PROPERTY OF AN EAST ASIAN COLLECTOR 明嘉靖 青花地紅黃彩穿芝龍紋倭角方蓋盒
《大明嘉靖年製》款
A SUPERB AND VERY RARE
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE AND 來源：
ENAMELLED ‘DRAGON’ BOX AND 胡惠春（1911-95年）收藏
COVER 紐約蘇富比1985年6月4日，編號10
MARK AND PERIOD OF JIAJING

of square quatrelobed form, the box potted
with bombé sides resting on a short foot, the
exterior decorated with four yellow-enamelled
dragons soaring sinuously amidst sprays of
lingzhi fungus, a key-fret band painted bordering
the straight rim and repeated at the rim of the
well-fitted cover, the cover with a rounded border
similarly decorated with four writhing dragons,
surrounding a raised quatrelobed panel enclosing
a coiling dragon wreathed by lingzhi fungus, the
designs all defined and accentuated with iron-red
lines and reserved against an underglaze-blue
ground, the base inscribed in underglaze blue
with a six-character reign mark
16 cm, 6¼ in.

PROVENANCE

Collection of J.M. Hu (1911-95).
Sotheby’s New York, 4th June 1985, lot 10.

HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 520,000-775,000

Mark
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