Box with dragons and pierced cover, Large box of thick porcelain, with a shallow body on a foot ring, painted in underglaze bleu poudré (powder blue) and red. Four valuable objects in underglaze red on the body of the box. The inside is divided into six compartments around a circular center. Twice copper fittings at a circular center. On the underside the six-character mark of Emperor Chenghua in a double circle. Underglaze blue with copper-red., anonymous, China, c. 1675 - c. 1699, Qing-dynasty (1644-1912) / Kangxi-period (1662-1722), porcelain (material), glaze, cobalt (mineral), copper (met

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