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A wucai box without cover, of double lozenge shape, Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period (1572-1620).

Estimate
8 000 - 10 000 SEK
760 - 950 EUR
798 - 998 USD
Hammer price
11 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Senior specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
A wucai box without cover, of double lozenge shape, Ming dynasty, Wanli mark and period (1572-1620).

Set with six corners with hollow cylindrical columns. The sides of the base decorated in underglaze blue, gree, yellow and red enamels with figures in gardens with rocks, bamboo, lingzhi and leafs. The base with six character mark of Wanli within one rectangle. Length 15 cm.

Firingflaws.

Provenance

From a Swedish private collector with a great passion for Asian Works of Art. His collection is always transforming itself and has been added to for the last 50 years.

Literature

Compare similar, but complete box in the Edward T. Chow Collection. Sotheby, Parke Bernet, Hong Kong, part III, May 1981. Lot no 433.