A small round soft paste blue and white box, Kangxi period, ca. 1700, China, A paste box, the lid with two dragons between scrolling lotus. The base also with a formal stylized lotus pattern. Marked with an artemisia leaf. An old label on the base for the 1954 Rijksmusem exhibition "Oosterse Schatten"., D 9.5 cm, H 4 cm, The property of a Dutch nobleman. Provenance: Johannes Bieruma Oosting (1842-1902) and his wife Cornelia Charlotte Brantsma (1848-1894), by descent to their daughter Agatha Victoria Bieruma Oosting (1875-1968). And by descent to the present owner., Darkened crazing from use. A few small firing cracks (manufacturing flaws). No chips, hairlines or restoration.