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A WUCAI 'HEN AND CHICKS' DISH
CHONGZHEN-SHUNZHI PERIOD (1628-1661)
8º in. (20.9 cm) diam., Japanese wood box

$6,000-8,000
A similar 'hen and chicks' dish (21 cm. diam.)
in the Butler Family Collection is illustrated in
Seventeenth Century Chinese Porcelain from the
Butler Family Collection, Virginia, 1990, p. 67. no.
29, where it states that the distinctive design is
based on the woodblock illustrations in the Cao
ben shu pu (The Grass Poetry Manual) published
in 1621.

明崇禎 清順治ǎ̩彩官˖؟官圖盤

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A WUCAI 'CRANE AND BUDHAI' DISH
CHONGZHEN-SHUNZHI PERIOD (1628-1661)
8¿ in. (21 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$2,000-3,000
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A 'crane and Budhai' dish (21 cm. diam.) in the
Butler Family Collection, decorated in a similar
palette but with the addition of turquoise glaze,
is illustrated in Seventeenth Century Chinese
Porcelain from the Butler Family Collection,
Virginia, 1990, p. 63. no. 25.

明崇禎 清順治ǎ̩彩仙́雲鶴圖盤

1041
A RARE WUCAI RECTANGULAR
'DRAGON' BOX AND PIERCED COVER
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN
UNDERGLAZE BLUE IN A LINE AND OF THE
PERIOD (1573-1619)
12q in. (31.8 cm.) wide
$40,000-60,000

A similar box with a pierced, domed cover was
sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot
1857. A box of very similar decoration and size
but in blue and white is illustrated in Mayuyama,
Seventy Years, Tokyo, 1976, vol. 1, p. 323, pl. 964.

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