A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEN BOX FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET
二十世紀 外銷波斯青花筆盒

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PEN BOX FOR THE ISLAMIC MARKET

20th Century

二十世紀 外銷波斯青花筆盒

Of elongated oval form, the cover painted with a quatrefoil panel enclosing stylised floral blossoms on a ground of scrolling leafy stems, the sides with undulating vines, the box painted to the sides with four panels decorated with flowering peonies borne from leafy stems all on a cash-pattern ground, one panel bearing an apocryphal six-character Xuande mark, the interior modelled with a single large compartment with several apertures and painted with foliate sprays, the inside of the cover decorated with pine, lilies and leafy branches,

32cm long

(2)

(Quantity:2)