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A WUCAI INGOT-SHAPED ‘DRAGON’
BOX AND COVER
Wanli six-character mark
The steeply curved sides rising from a short
foot, decorated around the exterior with
striding five-clawed dragons amidst wispy
clouds, all beneath a diaper-pattern band,
the cover similarly decorated with further
dragons, two wood stands. 24.9cm (9 3/4in)
long. (4).
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$52,000 - 83,000
CNY44,000 - 71,000

The Property of a Gentleman

Provenance: A European private collection

Published and illustrated: Otto Edward
Bertram, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain
found in Indonesia, Jakarta, 1961.
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A WUCAI ‘BOYS AND SCHOLARS’
BEAKER VASE
19th century
Brightly enamelled with three figural scenes,
the first around the trumpet neck with two
attendants presenting gifts of promotion to
a court official, with an unusual European
armorial device hidden in the background,
the bulging mid-section with boys at play, the
flaring foot with two scholars conversing in a
terraced garden. 47cm (18 1/2in) high

£2,000 - 3,000
HK$21,000 - 31,000
CNY18,000 - 26,000

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