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A RARE WUCAI ‘DRAGON’ RETICULATED BOX 明萬曆 五彩鏤空蓮龍紋蓋盒
AND COVER 《大明萬曆年製》款
MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI
來源：
the reticulated domed cover centred by a red florette
encircled by pointed leaves interspersed with four wan 東京美術俱樂部，1939年11月13日，編號64
symbols within a lozenge-shaped border, reserved on a 香港蘇富比2002年5月7日，編號551
pierced ground of four lotus and pads divided by conch
shells, the sides of the cover and box decorated with a
band of four dragons chasing flaming pearls amid scattered
flowers, all above a border of spirals circling the narrow
footring, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark
within a double circle
21 cm, 8¼ in.
PROVENANCE
Tokyo Bijutsu Club, 13th November 1939, lot 64.
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 7th May 2002, lot 551.
HK$ 600,000-800,000
US$ 76,500-102,000
Mark
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