Refined gathering II—selection of marchant and Japanese collection of ming porcelain

5371 | Jiajing period,(1522-1571 AD) A RARE BLUE AND WHITE‘Chrysolophus’BOX AND COVER

A RARE BLUE AND WHITE‘Chrysolophus’BOX AND COVER

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Size: D30.4cm

Signed and dated: Jiajing period,(1522-1571 AD)

Estimate:

Final Price: RMB 320,000


Jiajing Six-Character Mark
PROVENANCE
• Formerly in the collection of W. Gedney Beatty
• Formerly in an English private collection,purchased in London in 1951
• The S Marchant & Son,no.R9883

An imperial blue and white octagonal box and cover,the cover decorated with two pheasants perched on rockwork,amongst other birds in flight and surrounded by a fruiting peach tree,a flowering peony and lingzhi plants,the sides and box painted with sprays of flowers,peach and birds in flight.