Lot 168

BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' COVER
POSSIBLY MING DYNASTY, WANLI PERIOD





Auction: 15 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
£1,008
Description
或為明萬曆 青花雙龍搶珠開光盒蓋
of rectangular form with indented corners, the top painted in a foliate cartouche with two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl above crashing waves against jagged mountains, all reserved against a coin-pattern ground, the sides adorned with rectangular panels of fruiting peach trees and birds, all divided at the corners by stylised ruyi-head clouds, the rims bordered by bands of swirls
Dimensions
22cm wide




