A WUCAI 'DRAGON' BOX AND COVER QING DYNASTY, 19TH – 20TH CENTURY |

of square form, the domed top painted with a five-clawed iron-red dragon, writhing around a flaming pearl amidst floral sprays, scrolling clouds and flames, the box similarly painted with further dragons pacing amidst flowers, flames and clouds, encircled by key-fret bands at the rims, the base with an apocryphal Wanli mark