A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BRUSHWASHER YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425) Delicately potted with a slightly concave interior base, expertly painted in vivid blue tones with an upright five-clawed dragon confronted by a downward swooping long-tailed phoenix amidst scattered ruyi clouds, all enclosed by double circles which are repeated on the everted mouthrims, the gently flaring sides divided into ten bracket-lobes, each painted with a 'dragon and phoenix' roundel between double-circle borders (short rim hairline) 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) across, box
A SUPERB AND EXTREMELY RARE EARLY MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON AND PHOENIX' BRUSHWASHER YONGLE PERIOD (1403-1425) Delicately potted with a slightly concave interior base, expertly painted in vivid blue tones with an upright five-clawed dragon confronted by a downward swooping long-tailed phoenix amidst scattered ruyi clouds, all enclosed by double circles which are repeated on the everted mouthrims, the gently flaring sides divided into ten bracket-lobes, each painted with a 'dragon and phoenix' roundel between double-circle borders (short rim hairline) 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) across, box
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