明嘉靖 彩繪「四時花卉」圖圓蓋盒 《大明嘉靖年製》款

robustly potted resting on a slightly tapered foot, the domed cover centred with a slightly raised central panel freely painted in pale green enamel within black outlines, iron-red, and touches of yellow, with a jagged rock flanked by foliate sprays of lotus and camellia on one side, peony and chrysanthemum on the other, further surrounded by floral sprays of the same varieties around the border, all within double-line borders, the box similarly decorated with two jagged rocks flanked by floral sprays bearing the same flowers and a yellow butterfly, all between double line-borders encircling the rim and foot, the interior glazed save for the interior rim left in the biscuit and fired to pale orange, the base inscribed in underglaze blue with a six-character reign mark within double circles

There are some typical light scratches and rubbing to the surface glaze and enamels, there is a shrinkage in the glaze inside the cover, there are some minor iron spots and pinholes inside the box and on the base, but apart from this the box and cover are in overall very good condition.
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