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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE LATE MING ANHUA-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL
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A RARE LATE MING ANHUA-DECORATED BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BOWL
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Painted in vibrant blue tones around the exterior to depict a dragon striding towards a phoenix with wings outstretched and streaming tail feathers above a band of lotus lappets around the foot, the interior with a confronted dragon and phoenix roundel within double circles, the cavetto decorated in anhua technique with two dragons striding amidst clouds, below a border of classic scrolls on the everted mouth rim (frits to mouth rim)
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam.
WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
Painted in vibrant blue tones around the exterior to depict a dragon striding towards a phoenix with wings outstretched and streaming tail feathers above a band of lotus lappets around the foot, the interior with a confronted dragon and phoenix roundel within double circles, the cavetto decorated in anhua technique with two dragons striding amidst clouds, below a border of classic scrolls on the everted mouth rim (frits to mouth rim)
8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) diam.