Lot Essay
A similar example is illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Monochrome Porcelain (Beijing), Hong Kong, 1999, p. 115, fig. 105
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UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
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A WHITE-GLAZED INCISED 'DRAGON' DISH
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
With shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flaring rim, incised in the centre with a five-clawed, full-faced dragon within a medallion, on the exterior with two striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, covered overall in an even white glaze stopping neatly above the foot, minor rim nick
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam.
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
With shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to a flaring rim, incised in the centre with a five-clawed, full-faced dragon within a medallion, on the exterior with two striding dragons chasing flaming pearls, covered overall in an even white glaze stopping neatly above the foot, minor rim nick
7¼ in. (18.5 cm.) diam.
Provenance
E. T. Hall Collection, no. 127
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