LARGE CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'BOYS AT PLAY' CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
WANLI MARK, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY
Estimate: £500 - £700
Auction: 16 May 2025 from 09:00 BST
Description
清末民初 萬曆款 青花嬰戲圖大圓蓋盒 帶木座
sturdily potted, top of the domed cover painted with children at play in a garden, enclosed with a band of dragons, lower band of the box further with dragons, the base inscribed with a six-character Wanli mark within a double-square and double-circle, on a carved wooden base
Dimensions
23.2cm diameter
Provenance
Private Scottish collection, Perthshire; Inherited from current owner's grandfather.
蘇格蘭私人收藏,伯斯郡;繼承自現任藏家之祖父輩。