Details A YELLOW-GLAZED CARVED AND MOULDED DRAGON’ SQUARE SEAL BOX AND COVERQING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY, WANG BINGRONG FOUR-CHARACTER IMPRESSED SEAL MARKThe cover is carved on top with two five-clawed dragons chasing a flaming pearl amidst clouds, and the sides are each carved with a bat enclosed by a keyfret border. The box is similarly carved with a shou character roundel on each side.3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) square Provenance Alfred Trapnell (1838-1917) Collection, as recorded in the RHRP ledger and according to label A.T. Warre (1861-1937) Collection, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerBluett & Sons, London, June 1945, as recorded in the RHRP ledgerThe Reginald and Lena Palmer Collection, no. 595 Literature The Oriental Ceramics Society, Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, London, 1948, p. 18, no. 178Bonham’s, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970, London, 2021, pp. 36-37, no. 8 Exhibited London, The Oriental Ceramics Society, Monochrome Porcelain of the Ming and Manchu Dynasties, 27 October- 18 December 1948, no. 178Bonham’s London, Reginald and Lena Palmer, Their Collection and The Oriental Ceramic Society, 1921-1970: A Loan Exhibition, 25 October – 2 November 2021 Conditions of sale