A blue and white "dragon and phoenix" bat-shaped box with cover with Jiajing markA bat-shaped box with cover. "Dragon and phoenix" decoration in blue and white underglaze painting. With Jiajing six-character mark in underglaze blue in a double square, probably of that period (1521 - 1567). Intact. No chips, no cracks! Height 5 cm. Length 17.5 cm. Provenance: German private collection (Munich). Previously in an aristocratic collection, acquired by Paul v. H. between 1914 - 1917, when he was on duty in the German embassy in Beijing.Condition: II