A metal-mounted wucai sweetmeat box The porcelain mark and period of Wanli, the European mounts later | 明萬曆 五彩花鳥紋攢盤《大明萬曆年製》款

A metal-mounted wucai sweetmeat box

The porcelain mark and period of Wanli, the European mounts later

明萬曆 五彩花鳥紋攢盤

《大明萬曆年製》款

the interior modelled with a central floral compartment encircled by six radiating sections, each painted with pairs of birds, perched and in flight, on fruiting trees issuing from rockwork, the exterior similarly decorated above a classic scroll band at the short straight foot, the base inscribed with a six-character reign mark within a double circle in underglaze blue

Diameter including mount 23.5 cm, 9¼ in.