UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

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A RARE AND FINE LATE MING WUCAI AND BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' BOWL
UNDERGLAZE-BLUE WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN A DOUBLE CIRCLE AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)
With steeply rounded sides rising from a high foot to a slightly flaring rim, the exterior painted in underglaze blue and enamelled with a red and a green five-clawed dragon striding towards flaming pearls amidst flames and clouds above rocks and breaking waves, the interior painted with a broad band depicting fish, horses and mythical beasts emerging and disappearing amongst waves, above a pair of dragons in mutual pursuit in the centre
6 1/16 in. (12.9 cm.) diam.

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Lot Essay

The decoration comprising polychrome on the exterior and only underglaze-blue on the interior is very rare. A cup with iron-red, yellow and green enamelled dragons around the exterior and predominantly underglaze-blue in the interior is illustrated in Sekai Toji Zenshu, Japan, 1976, vol.14, p. 201, colour plates 200 and 201.

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