A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOX AND A COVER THE COVER WANLI PERIOD, THE BOX 19TH CENTURY | 明萬曆 青花雙龍拱壽紋蓋 及 清十九世紀青花雲龍趕珠紋盒
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November 6, 06:16 PM GMT
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8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN NOBLE COLLECTION
歐洲貴族收藏
A BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOX AND A COVER
THE COVER WANLI PERIOD, THE BOX 19TH CENTURY
明萬曆 青花雙龍拱壽紋蓋 及 清十九世紀青花雲龍趕珠紋盒
of square quatrelobed form, the cover painted with a pair of confronting five-clawed dragons reaching for a peach inscribed with the shou character borne on a leafy steam emerging from rockwork amidst crashing waves, the sides with four sinuous dragons flying amidst cloud scrolls, the matched box similarly decorated, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character mark
(2)
Width 26.7 cm, 10½ in.
Collection of Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz (1860-1938), curator of the Asian Art collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1914-1926).
Bequeathed to his godson Jonkheer G.C. Six van Wimmenum (1892-1975).
Thence by family descent.
Sigisbert Chretien Bosch Reitz（1860-1938年）收藏，曾於1914至1926年擔任紐約大都會博物館亞洲藝術部策展人，此後由義子 Jonkheer G.C. Six van Wimmenum（1892-1975年）家族傳承