A MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE STEM DISH
WANLI-TIANQI PERIOD (1573-1627)
The shallow dish is supported on a splayed pedestal foot, and the interior is decorated with a stylised ruyi-head on the centre, encircled by composite floral sprays. The exterior is decorated with five dragon roundels reserved against a reticulated ground, and the base is inscribed with an apocryphal four-character Chenghua mark.
3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) diam.
A MINIATURE BLUE AND WHITE STEM DISH
WANLI-TIANQI PERIOD (1573-1627)
The shallow dish is supported on a splayed pedestal foot, and the interior is decorated with a stylised ruyi-head on the centre, encircled by composite floral sprays. The exterior is decorated with five dragon roundels reserved against a reticulated ground, and the base is inscribed with an apocryphal four-character Chenghua mark.
3 1/2 in. (9 cm.) diam.
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