MING POLYCHROMES

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MING POLYCHROMES

A FINE MING GREEN AND YELLOW DRAGON DISH
ZHENGDE FOUR-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD


The exterior incised with two five-clawed dragons chasing flaming pearls amidst cloud scrolls, above a single incised line around the slightly tapering foot--8in. (20.5cm.)diam.

拍品专文

Cf. a Zhengde marked dish of similar pattern and size in the Franks Collection in the British Museum is illustrated by Bluett, Ming an Ch'ing Porcelain, pl. VIII, no. 19; another is in the Percival David Foundation Catalogue, section 5, no. A736; and another by Hobson, the wares of the Ming Dynasty, pl. 59, fig. 5

A similar dish from the T.Y. Chao Private and Family Trust Collections was sold in Hong Kong 19 May, 1987, lot 260