拍品專文
Very similar dishes with the same dragons chasing the sacred pearl zhi and from the Wanli period are illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, published by the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China 1971, fig.14 and in Ancient Chinese Arts in the Idemitsu Collection, Tokyo 1989, pl.363 ; the first one even if more deeply carved is the closest example to the current dish, the second one is black and red lacquered and of very high quality