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A wucai ingot-shaped 'dragon' box and cover Wanli six-character mark (4) image 1
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Lot 129

A wucai ingot-shaped 'dragon' box and cover
Wanli six-character mark

13 – 14 May 2019, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

£5,000 - £8,000

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A wucai ingot-shaped 'dragon' box and cover

Wanli six-character mark
The steeply curved sides rising from a short foot, decorated around the exterior with striding five-clawed dragons amidst wispy clouds, all beneath a diaper-pattern band, the cover similarly decorated with further dragons, two wood stands. 24.9cm (9 3/4in) long. (4).

Footnotes

The Property of a Gentleman

Provenance: a European private collection

Published and illustrated: Otto Edward Bertram, Chinese Pottery and Porcelain found in Indonesia, Jakarta, 1961.

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