Measurements: Height: 15 cm Diam: 28 cm

PROVENANCE: From the Estate of Ronald Gene Arnes (1926-2019) of Chattanooga, Tennessee. A private collector, US Navy World War II Veteran and served in Naval Aviation in Anti-Submarine Warfare, General Motors management for the overseas parts development program.

Chinese Ming Dynasty Period, Wanli Colorful dragon cover box. The porcelain box is in a circular form, short cylindrical body, correspondence flat dome lid and there is a tongue at the outer rims for fitting the lid, raise on round wide flat foot base. The exterior decorated by applying of wucai design color, a variety of five-colored pigments creates bold opaque hand-painting of Imperial dragon are swimming in floating clouds, flame, above lishui waves. The Lines of the drawings are clear, the light and dark shades are subtle. Which attracting unceasingly admiration. The clouds and dragon patterns are vivid and have distinctive characteristics of the times.

The Under-base bears a reign mark, a six under glazed blue script characters reign mark, enclosed within double fine blue rings, Made In The Years of Wanli Reign Period of The Great Ming Dynasty.

Over all in EXCELLENT Condition.
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