A CIRCULAR BLUE AND WHITE 'PEONY' BOX AND COVERKANGXI MARK AND PERIOD |

the shallow rounded sides supported on a tapered foot, the exterior painted with meandering foliate stems issuing lush peony blossoms, the tones of the cobalt carefully modulated to achieve a nuanced, painterly effect, the domed cover similarly adorned, the base with a six-character mark in underglaze blue (2)

The cover is in good condition. The box is in generally good condition, but with scratches to the interior and minor expected wear to the foot ring.
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Compare a box of the same design sold in our London rooms, 17th March 1981, lot 28. A similar example, but with a butterfly painted to the center of the cover in the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Gugong Bowuyuan cang Qingdai yuyao ciqi [Porcelains from the Qing Imperial kilns in the Palace Museum Collection], vol. 2, Beijing, 2005, pl. 16; and a box of the same design sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 2nd May 1994, lot 648.