AN UNUSUAL MING-STYLE BLUE-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED DISH

AN UNUSUAL MING-STYLE BLUE-GLAZED ANHUA-DECORATED DISH
18TH CENTURY
Copying a Xuande prototype, with rounded sides flaring slightly at the rim, the center of the interior carved with three clouds below two slip-decorated striding dragons separated by lingzhi-shaped clouds in the well, covered inside and out with a glaze of rich blue color below the white rim, apocryphal Xuande mark on the base
8 1/8 in. (22.7 cm.) diam.