The dragon to the interior medallion compares quite well to one painted on the side of a large guan dated to the same period illustrated in Imperial Porcelain: Recent Discoveries of Jingdezhen Ware, pl. 83. Both dragons have a distinctive muscular square snout, large palms centred with circular pads, the mane, beard, and wisps of fur at the joints similarly combed and curled.

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