A RARE LATE MING IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE 'DRAGON' DISH

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A RARE LATE MING IRON-RED AND UNDERGLAZE BLUE 'DRAGON' DISH
ENCIRCLED WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD

The centre of the interior painted with a scaly five-clawed horned ascending dragon amid fire scrolls and above cresting waves, the exterior with a further four dragons divided by flaming pearls, all between double line borders (two hairlines)--6 1/8in. (15.4cm.) diam.

Lot Essay

A similar Wanli marked dish in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is illustrated by Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, 1989, p. 188; another from the Edward T. Chow Collection sold in Hong Kong, 25th November, 1980, lot 24

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