CHINE - EPOQUE WANLI (1573 - 1620)
PAS DE LIVE BIDDING ON THIS LOT - NO LIVE BIDDING ON THIS LOT
Rectangular shaped porcelain box decorated in blue under the lid of the Three Star Gods (Fu Lu Shou
Xing) with two waiting on a terrace in a polylobed storeroom on a background of stylized flowers in their foliage. The sides are decorated with cartouches of attendants presenting vases, ewers with two literates sitting on an armchair in a garden on a background of latticework and flowers. The interior is decorated with peony branches in their foliage. The lower part decorated inside with a pierced rock decorated with peonies and longevity peaches near a stream, the sides decorated with branches of peony and cherry blossoms, the outer sides decorated in cartouches of the three friends of winter on a background of crossbars and stylised flowers. On the reverse of the bottom, the six-character kaishu mark of Wanli in a cartouche surrounded by lingzhi.
(Cracks).
Dim. 11 x 31 x 22.5 cm.
Reference: A similar box from the Percival David Foundation and kept at the British Museum, PDF B611.
CHINA - WANLI Period (1573 - 1620)
Rectangular blue and white porcelain box, the lid adorned with the Three Star
Gods (Fu Lu Shou Xing) with two attendants on a terrace, in a poly-lobed medallion on a floor background. The sides of the lid adorned with attendants in medallions presenting vases, incense burners and ewers to two literati sitting in a garden.
The inside of the lid bearing a pattern of peonies in their foliage. The lower part adorned on the inside with rocks, peonies and longevity peaches near a stream.
The sides adorned on the inside with blooming peonies and cherry trees, on the outside with the three friends of winter ( plum, bamboo and pine) on a lattice and flower ground. On the reverse, Wanli six-character kaishu mark surrounded with lingzhi.
明萬曆 青花人物花卉紋長方盒