Important blue and white porcelain box decorated with nine dragons, China, Ming Dynasty,Jiajing Period (1522 1566).
Important blue and white porcelain box decorated with nine dragons, China, Ming Dynasty,
Jiajing Period (1522-1566),
Decorated in intense cobalt blue, with eight dragons walking between clouds on the sides and
a large dragon seen from the front on the flat top of the cover, Jia Jing's six-character mark in
cobalt blue at the base,
See a similar box with floral decoration in the Guimet Museum in Paris, which is reproduced in
The Ming Porcelain by Daisy Lion-Goldchmiidt pag. 164,
Size: 17.5 x 22 x 22 cms,