A BLUE AND WHITE 'FIGURE' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 18TH – 19TH CENTURY |

of barrel shape, freely painted to the flat top with a boy riding a qilin flanked by another two waving flags, the sides similarly decorated with further boys at play in a fenced garden, the rims encircled by bands of raised bosses

Overall good condition with minute flakes especially to the raised bosses and the unglazed rims. Original firing flaws including a firing line to the inside of the cover.
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