AN EXTREMELY RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)
AN EXTREMELY RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505) The dish is finely painted to the interior in cobalt of greyish-blue tone with a scaly five-clawed dragon amidst fire and cloud scrolls within double-line borders, under a band of classic scrolls around the rim. The exterior is decorated with two similar dragons pursuing 'flaming pearls' amongst clouds and fire scrolls between line borders. The tapering ring foot is encircled by a further line 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.
AN EXTREMELY RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH
HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505)
AN EXTREMELY RARE MING BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH HONGZHI SIX-CHARACTER MARK WITHIN DOUBLE-CIRCLES AND OF THE PERIOD (1488-1505) The dish is finely painted to the interior in cobalt of greyish-blue tone with a scaly five-clawed dragon amidst fire and cloud scrolls within double-line borders, under a band of classic scrolls around the rim. The exterior is decorated with two similar dragons pursuing 'flaming pearls' amongst clouds and fire scrolls between line borders. The tapering ring foot is encircled by a further line 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) diam.
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