AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW LACQUER ' DRAGON' DISH
WANLI INCISED AND GILT YIWEI CYCLICAL DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1595 AND OF THE PERIOD
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW LACQUER ' DRAGON' DISH WANLI INCISED AND GILT YIWEI CYCLICAL DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1595 AND OF THE PERIOD Superbly carved to the interior through the gold-flecked brownish yellow outer layer to the red ground below with a large central medallion depicting a powerful ascending five-clawed dragon among flame and cloud scrolls, its scales finely detailed and eyes picked out in black, in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' to its right, above turbulent waves breaking against jagged rocks emerging from the sea, all against undulating sea diaper and geometric sky diaper, the cavetto with four shaped panels enclosing a pair of lotus flowers supporting the Eight Buddhist Emblems separated by detached flower sprigs, the exterior with a dense flowering meander above a keyfret band encircling the foot, the mark incised on the red lacquer base in a horizontal line 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW LACQUER ' DRAGON' DISH
WANLI INCISED AND GILT YIWEI CYCLICAL DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1595 AND OF THE PERIOD
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE YELLOW LACQUER ' DRAGON' DISH WANLI INCISED AND GILT YIWEI CYCLICAL DATE, CORRESPONDING TO 1595 AND OF THE PERIOD Superbly carved to the interior through the gold-flecked brownish yellow outer layer to the red ground below with a large central medallion depicting a powerful ascending five-clawed dragon among flame and cloud scrolls, its scales finely detailed and eyes picked out in black, in pursuit of a 'flaming pearl' to its right, above turbulent waves breaking against jagged rocks emerging from the sea, all against undulating sea diaper and geometric sky diaper, the cavetto with four shaped panels enclosing a pair of lotus flowers supporting the Eight Buddhist Emblems separated by detached flower sprigs, the exterior with a dense flowering meander above a keyfret band encircling the foot, the mark incised on the red lacquer base in a horizontal line 8 7/8 in. (22.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
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