18TH/19TH CENTURY

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A MASSIVE MING-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' CHARGER
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Stoutly potted with gently rounded sides terminating with a wide rim, brightly painted to the interior with a five-clawed writhing dragon above rock and crashing waves, the cavetto with three sinuous dragons amidst vaporous clouds, the rim with a band of crashing waves, the reverse with further dragons amidst clouds
31¼ in. (76.5 cm.) diam.

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