A Chinese blue and white porcelain circular box and cover 17th Century

decorated with flowers and foliage, containing a liner pierced with four square holes and decorated with two floral sprays, the base inscribed with an apocryphal Xuande six-character mark; together with a pair of circular boxes, 17th century decorated with phoenixes and foliage, each containing a liner, the base inscribed with an apocryphal six-character Jiajing mark

Box and cover: The Hatcher Collection; Christie's Amsterdam, 12th-13th June 1984.
Pair of boxes: Collection of Captain Michael Hatcher; Christie's Amsterdam, 14th February 1985.

The larger box with a few burst bubbles to the interior, and a chip to the edge of the edge of the liner. The glaze on the box is quite degraded with traces of white encrustation. One of the smaller boxes have a chip to the edge of the box, the other small box with frits to the edge of the liner.
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