Round box with floral scrolls and waves in panels; Round box of porcelain with a second flat lid inside with a ring-shaped button; painted in underglaze blue. On the box a band with compartments with tendrils; above it a band with petal-shaped compartments; continuous on the lid; alternating with a flower tendril and waves. The top of the lid is modeled in the shape of a flower. In the center a flower with surrounding lotus-leaf-shaped boxes with alternating flower vines and waves. Ming porcelain in blue and white; ornament derived from plant forms; anonymous; China; c. 1450 - c. 1499; Ming-dynasty (1368-1644) / Jingtai-period (1450-1456) / Tianshun-period (1457-1464) / Chenghua-period (1465-1487) / Hongzhi-period (1488-1505); porcelain (material); glaze; cobalt (mineral); vitrification; h 7.5 cm d 13.1 cm d 9.6 cm