THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE LOBED DEEP 'DRAGON' DISH
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD
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A LATE MING BLUE AND WHITE LOBED DEEP 'DRAGON' DISH
wanli six-character mark and of the period
The pentafoil dish painted at the centre with a pair of confronted sinuous five-clawed dragons divided by a flaming pearl amidst fire and clouds, below five pairs of similar dragons at the sides repeated at the everted lipped rim, the exterior with a lotus meander below Precious Objects at the rim, rim chip and crack overpainted, rim frits
13¾in. (35cm.) diam.
wanli six-character mark and of the period
The pentafoil dish painted at the centre with a pair of confronted sinuous five-clawed dragons divided by a flaming pearl amidst fire and clouds, below five pairs of similar dragons at the sides repeated at the everted lipped rim, the exterior with a lotus meander below Precious Objects at the rim, rim chip and crack overpainted, rim frits
13¾in. (35cm.) diam.