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Auction archive: Lot number 3393

A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KORANIC-VERSE' QUATREFOIL BOX AN...

Estimate
HK$300,000 - HK$500,000
ca. US$38,679 - US$64,465
Price realised:
HK$2,460,000
ca. US$317,167
Auction archive: Lot number 3393

A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KORANIC-VERSE' QUATREFOIL BOX AN...

Estimate
HK$300,000 - HK$500,000
ca. US$38,679 - US$64,465
Price realised:
HK$2,460,000
ca. US$317,167
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KORANIC-VERSE' QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER
ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KORANIC-VERSE' QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521) The cover is painted to the top with a square cartouche enclosing a rhombus inscribed inside with an Arabic or Persian script denoting one of the 99 names of Allah, encircled by four detached ruyi- scrolls; the sides with a band of separate ruyi clouds. The box is decorated to the sides with a row of bosses, above the stepped base decorated with a ruyi- scroll. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) diam., box

Auction archive: Lot number 3393
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
Beschreibung:

A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KORANIC-VERSE' QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER
ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521)
A VERY RARE BLUE AND WHITE 'KORANIC-VERSE' QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER ZHENGDE SIX-CHARACTER MARK IN UNDERGLAZE BLUE WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1506-1521) The cover is painted to the top with a square cartouche enclosing a rhombus inscribed inside with an Arabic or Persian script denoting one of the 99 names of Allah, encircled by four detached ruyi- scrolls; the sides with a band of separate ruyi clouds. The box is decorated to the sides with a row of bosses, above the stepped base decorated with a ruyi- scroll. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm.) diam., box

Auction archive: Lot number 3393
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2016
Auction house:
Christie's
Hong Kong, HKCEC Grand Hall
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