A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE 'DRAGON' DISH

Ming Dynasty, Wanli mark and of the period

明 青花龍紋盤

青花《大明萬曆年製》楷書款

Potted with curved sides rising from a tapered foot to a gently everted rim, painted to the interior with a solitary five-clawed dragon flying up through swirling clouds and enclosed within concentric circles, the exterior with two additional dragons in pursuit of flaming pearls, inscribed to the base with a six-character Wanli mark within a double ring

16.4cm diameter

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NOTE:

See a comparable dish sold at Christie's London, 15 May 2018, lot 184. See another similar dish offered at Sotheby's New York, 24 June 2020, lot 996. A related dish was sold at Bonhams Knightsbridge, 5 November 2018, lot 74.