Bowl with two pearl chasing dragons among clouds porcelain with spreading edge, painted in underglaze blue. The outer wall is covered with blue with twice a pearl chasing, four-clawed dragon between clouds. The inner and outer edges are also covered with blue with a wool motif in it. At the bottom a rock surrounded by swirling waves with the moon between the clouds above it. Marked on the underside with the six-character mark of Emperor Chenghua in a double circle. Blue and white., Armorial bearing, heraldry, Michiel Adriaansz. de Ruyter, anonymous, China, c. 1680 - c. 1720, Ming-dynasty (1368

---

Size: 6774px × 5080px
Location:
Photo credit: © Gibon Art / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: -character, -clawed, 1368-1644, 1662-1722, 1680, 1720, adriaansz, armorial, art, bearing, blue, bottom, bowl, chasing, chenghua, china, circle, clouds, cobalt, covered, de, double, dragon, dragons, edge, edges, emperor, gibon, glaze, heraldry, kangxi-period, mark, marked, material, michiel, mineral, ming-dynasty, moon, motif, outer, painted, pearl, porcelain, reimagined, rock, ruyter, shine, shining, spreading, surrounded, swirling, underglaze, underside, vitrification, wall, waves, white, wool