SMALL CHINESE WUCAI 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER
WANLI MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £400 - £600
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清 萬曆款 五彩龍紋小圓盒
of circular form, sides of box and cover each painted with a pair of dragons chasing flaming pearl, encircling a coiling dragon on top of the domed cover, the base inscribed with a six-character Wanli mark in underglaze blue
Dimensions
4.5cm wide
Provenance
Private collection, London; formerly in the Jade Dragon Collection, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
倫敦私人收藏;前美國密西根安娜堡中國藝術藝廊Jade Dragon Collection收藏
Footnote
A related wucai box with domed cover, slightly smaller (4.1cm diameter), similar in decorations, Wanli mark and of the period, is in the Sir Percival David collection, British Museum, registration no. PDF.742