Wanli six-character mark and of the period The rectangular box with indented corners and supported on a short straight foot, the domed cover painted in vivid blue with a hermit accompanied by two young attendants gathering herbs on a pine terrace below misty clouds, the rounded sides of the cover and box with shaped cartouches containing lingzhi fungus and peach branches, all against an S-scroll ground, chevron bands at the rims, Japanese brocade stand, wood box. 15.5cm (6in) wide. (4).