Acquired from Edward T. Cho🍃w (19𝓰10-80) in the late 1960s.

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1960年代末購自仇焱之（1910-80年）

The form of the 🎃present box, modelled after ingots, is highly unusual. The production of wares of this shape began in the Jiajing period (1522-1566) and continued in the Wanli reign (1573-1620), but extant examples are relatively rare.

See a closely related covered box, in the Musée Guimet, Paris, illustrated in Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Ming Porcelain, Fribourg, 1978, pl. 213; one in the Baur Collection, published in John Ayers, The Baur Collection. Chinese Ceramics, vol. 2, Geneva, 1969, pl. A187; another included in the Exhibition of Chinese Art from the Newark Museum, China Institute in America, New York, 1980, cat. no. 26. See also an example sold in our London rooms, 12th May 2010, lot 12 and another from the T.Y. Chao Collection, s🐬old in these rooms, 30th November 2017, l💯ot 315.

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銀錠之形，嘉靖首創，萬曆延製，但傳世例器甚罕。相類蓋盒，巴黎吉美國立亞洲藝術博物館有藏，見 Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt，《Ming Porcelain》，弗里堡， 1978年，圖版213。鮑氏典藏一盒，刊於約翰．艾爾斯，《T♔he Baur Collection. Chinese Ceramics》，卷2，日內瓦，1969年，圖版A187。《Exhibition of Chinese Art from the Newark Museum》展覽也有例，華ꩲ美協進社，紐約，1980，編號26。拍賣也偶見之，如倫敦蘇富比2010年5月12日拍出之盒，編號12，以及趙從衍舊藏一例，售於香港蘇富比2017年11月30日，編號315。