Lot 6065 A fine and rare wucai 'dragon' box and cover, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆　五彩逐珠雲龍圖臥獅鈕方蓋盒　《大明萬曆年製》款

A fine and rare wucai 'dragon' box and cover, Mark and period of Wanli | 明萬曆　五彩逐珠雲龍圖臥獅鈕方蓋盒　《大明萬曆年製》款

HKD 300,000

300,000 - 600,000 HKD

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overall 16 by 14 by 14 cm
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说明：Wanli boxes of square section are rare and this box is unusual for its vibrant dragon decoration. Compare a wucai box and cover of the same pattern from the Yokogawa Collection, included in the Illustrated Catalogue of the Tokyo National Museum, Chinese Ceramics II, Tokyo, 1990, cat. no. 324; one also with its original fitted cover, sold in Christie's Paris, 10th June 2009, lot 125; and another without cover, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 30th May 2012, lot 4069.
See also a Wanli box of this form, enamelled with scenes of boys at play, published in Sekai toji zenshu [Ceramic Art of the World], vol. 11, Tokyo, 1955, fig. 169; another from the Manno Art Museum, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28th October 2002, lot 553; and a third example sold in our London rooms, 15th December 1981, lot 209.
Compare blue and white decorated boxes of this square form, also with Wanli reign marks and of the period, such as one painted with boys, sold in our London rooms, 15th April 1980, lot 260; and another picturing birds amongst trees, also sold in our London rooms, 17th July 1995, lot 57. A square Jiajing box is illustrated in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, Shanghai, 1999, pl. 179.
Wanli wucai boxes of this size and decoration are known in various forms; for example see a barrel-shaped box published in The Complete Works of Chinese Ceramics, vol. 13, Shanghai, 1999, pl. 120; and a tall five-lobed box in the Idemitsu Museum of Art, Tokyo, included in the exhibition Imperial Overglaze-Enamelled Wares in the Late Ming Dynasty, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka, 1995, cat. no. 29.
萬曆一朝之方形蓋盒甚為罕見，而本品之雲龍紋飾生動傳神，更顯與別不同。比較一橫河舊藏相同紋飾之五彩蓋盒作例，收錄於《東京國立博物館圖版目錄：中國古陶磁篇II》，東京，1990年，編號324；另一連原蓋之作例，2009年6月10日售於巴黎佳士得，編號125；另有一缺蓋作例，2012年5月30日售於香港佳士得，編號4069。
另見一萬曆年製同形蓋盒，繪嬰戲圖，載於《世界陶磁全集》，卷11，東京，1955年，圖169；另一例出自萬野美術館舊藏，2002年10月28日售於香港佳士得，編號553；第三例1981年12月15日售於倫敦蘇富比，編號209。
比較同為萬曆年製且帶款之青花方形蓋盒作例，如一繪嬰戲圖之作例，1980年4月15日售於倫敦蘇富比，編號260；另一繪林間棲鳥圖之作例，1995年7月17日亦售於倫敦蘇富比，編號57。一件嘉靖方形蓋盒作例，錄於《中國陶瓷全集》，上海，1999年，圖版179。
尺寸及紋飾相近之萬曆五彩蓋盒，可見於不同器形；例如一鼓形蓋盒，錄於《中國陶瓷全集》，卷13，上海，1999年，圖版120；及東京出光美術館藏一高身五瓣式蓋盒，曾展於《晚明官窯釉上彩瓷》展覽，大阪市立東洋陶磁美術館，大阪，1995年，編號29。