MING POLYCHROMES
A VERY RARE LATE MING IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE BOWL
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A VERY RARE LATE MING IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE-BLUE BOWL
ENCIRCLED WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely painted to the exterior with eight galloping fabulous animals including dragon-headed carp, a lion, a tiger, an oxen, a deer, and a pair of horses to either side of a winged dragon-headed serpent, repeated on the interior as a medallion, all framed by pencilled swirling and cresting waves reserved on a washed ground of iron-red enamel (small rim chip)
4 1/2in. (11.5cm.) diam., box
ENCIRCLED WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely painted to the exterior with eight galloping fabulous animals including dragon-headed carp, a lion, a tiger, an oxen, a deer, and a pair of horses to either side of a winged dragon-headed serpent, repeated on the interior as a medallion, all framed by pencilled swirling and cresting waves reserved on a washed ground of iron-red enamel (small rim chip)
4 1/2in. (11.5cm.) diam., box