A CHINESE WUCAI SQUARE SECTION TIERED BOX AND COVER 17TH CENTURY Formed in four sections

A CHINESE WUCAI SQUARE SECTION TIERED BOX AND COVER

17TH CENTURY

Formed in four sections, the top painted with five roundels containing cranes divided by clouds, the sides with chrysanthemum flowers and foliage, the middle sections each with a six character Chenghua mark, 9.5cm. (4)

Provenance: an English private collection, Hampshire.

Cf. S Marchant & Son, Exhibition of Transitional Wares for the Japanese and Domestic Markets, p.56, no.99, where a comparable tiered box is illustrated.