AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE STEM CUP WITH FABULOUS ANIMALS MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI of rounded form with flared rim, supported on a tall flaring stem with a sealed flat base, the interior inscribed with a six-character reign mark, the exterior painted in a clear cobalt blue with two fabulous animals galloping among stylised clouds above crested waves continuing over the stem, the animals with an elephant's head with long trunk, a lion's bushy mane and tail, pointed wings, three paws and one four-clawed dragon's leg, one with its head turned, the other looking straight ahead, the base unglazed diameter 10 cm., 4 in.
AN UNUSUAL BLUE AND WHITE STEM CUP WITH FABULOUS ANIMALS MARK AND PERIOD OF WANLI of rounded form with flared rim, supported on a tall flaring stem with a sealed flat base, the interior inscribed with a six-character reign mark, the exterior painted in a clear cobalt blue with two fabulous animals galloping among stylised clouds above crested waves continuing over the stem, the animals with an elephant's head with long trunk, a lion's bushy mane and tail, pointed wings, three paws and one four-clawed dragon's leg, one with its head turned, the other looking straight ahead, the base unglazed diameter 10 cm., 4 in.
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