Lot 292
BLUE AND WHITE PEN BOX AND COVER
ZHENGDE MARK, POSSIBLY OF MING DYNASTY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art
Auction: 3 November 2023 from 09:00 GMT
£11,970
Description
或為明代 正德款 青花伊斯蘭文番蓮紋長方蓋盒
of rectangular form, supported on a stepped foot, top of the cover and sides of the box decorated with Arabic roundels alternating with stylised scrolling lotus, rim of the cover and foot encircled by ruyi bands, the base inscribed with a six-character Zhengde mark within a double-rectangle
Dimensions
9.2cm high x 20.5cm wide x 10.7cm deep
Provenance
Provenance: Formerly in a private English collection
Footnote
Note: A closely related box and cover from the Mrs B. Z. Seligman collection, and now in the British Museum, is illustrated in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London: British Museum, 2001, pl. 8.5, together with a similarly decorated Zhengde mark and period ink slab with cover similarly decorated, pl. 8.6; Also see an example sold at Sotheby's London, 14 May 2014, lot 208.